PIC KEY     I have added a letter to the left of every pic to  describe how I came to   acquire the fossil pictured.    Click on the pics to view a larger picture.           b =  I bought it           c = I collected it           pc =  I picture collected it           t = I traded for it

Phylum Porifera                           Class Demospongea                              Name Microspongia c Found south of Parsons Tn. c Sponges showing attachment points found south of Parsons Tn.                           Phylum Bryozoa       c Often called Lace coral (Fenestella) I'm not sure of the exact species. Found in sandstone in Rhea Co. Tn. c Lyropora found in the Upper Mississippian Limestone of Cumberland Co. Tn. c Lyropora fragments found loose around the large one. c More Lyropora fragments                                 Phylum Cnidaria                     Class Anthozoa                             Subclass Zoantharia                       Order Scleractinia c I think the name of this coral is: Astrhelia. It's from the Miocene deposits of Aurora N.C.                                 Order Rugosa c Different species of Horn / Rugose coral that I found in Mississippian and Pennsylvanian red clay from Bledsoe. Tn. c several different kinds of coral. bottom left is a brachiopod found with the coral. c Found on Highway 30 east c Found on highway 30. c Horn coral found south of Parsons Tn.                                 Order Tabulata c Different growth patterns of Tabulate coral that I found south of Parsons Tn. c Tabulate coral colonies found loose at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn.                            Phylum Brachiopoda                     Class Articulata c Found on I-24 In loose limestone roadcut c Found in Roadcut on I-24 c found loose in red clay of Bledsoe Co. Tn. c Found loose in red clay of Bledsoe Co. Tn. c A large Brachiopod from the Vulcan quarry near Parsons Tn. c Several small complete Brachiopods found south of Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn.                                 Phylum Echinoderma                         Class Echinoidea t From Texas c Sea Urchin spines found loose in the tailings from the Miocene age, Phosphate mine in Aurora N.C.       c 2 Eocene Sand Dollars found at the Martin Marietta Mine in S.C. c A nice sea urchin also from the MMM in S.C.                                        Class Crinoidea c Found loose in a driveway in Fayetteville Tn. c Stems found south of Parsons Tn. c Stems found loose in red clay of Bledsoe Co. Tn. c Stems found loose in Mississippian Age Limestone from Cumberland Co. Tn. pc A large stem that I had to collect with a picture. c Crinoid found in roadcut on highway 30 Bledsoe Co.Tn. c Large Crinoid stems found loose at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn.                                   Class Blastoidea c This is the normal size for most blastoids found at this site. c This is the largest Blastoid that I have ever found. All Blastoids were collected at an abandoned gravel pit. All are from the Mississippian Age.                         Phylum Mollusca                      Class Pelecypoda t From Texas  t Texas t Texas t Cretaceous texas c A nice sized Oyster shell from the MMM in S.C. c A great little Scallop from the MMM. c MMM. c All these shells came from MMM. c MMM. c MMM. c MMM.                     Class Gastropoda c A cone shell from MMM c Internal casts of a Turritella like shell from MMM. t Gyrodes abyssinus from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama C I think these are Top Snails. From the MMM. in S.C. c Casts from red clays in Bledsoe,Tn.                              Class Cephalopoda t From Texas c The end part of the shell found in Bledsoe Co. TN. t Eutrephocerus dekayi From the Upper Cretaceous, Prairie Bluff chalk in Wilcox Co. AL. t Bacculites unsure of the exact species. From the Upper Cretaceous, Prairie Bluff chalk in Wilcox Co. AL. c Cephalopods found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn.                        Class Arthropoda c From a large roadcut south of Parsons Tn. c An up side down Dalamities from a large roadcut south of Parsons Tn. c Unknown Trilobite pygidium from a large roadcut south of Parsons Tn. c Found at Vulcans quarry near Parsons Tn.                                       Phylum Chordata                    Subphylum Vertebrata                     Class Chondrichthyes   Almost all of the vertebra fossils came from the Miocene Age tailings of the Phosphate mine in Aurora N.C. c Small shark teeth c Large shark teeth  c 2 shark vertebra plus some unknown bone fragments c Sting ray tooth plates   t Unknown Coprolites (poop) likely from fish from Alabama                                  Class Mammalia c Whale rib fragment b Merycoidon (formerly known as Oreodon) teeth and Jaw fragment from the Oligocene Age, White River Series in South Dakota                                               Plants c Stigmaria found in a Pennsylvanian Aged coal mine in Bledsoe Co. Tn. c Pecopteris or fern leaf fragments found in Pennsylvanian shale from an old coal mine dump in Rhea Co. Tn. c Sphenopteris positive and negative of fern fossil c Lepidodendron c Lepidodendron c Stigmaria                                       Trace Fossils c Trails or burrows found in the Ordovician Aged Inman Limestone formation in Bledsoe Co. Tn.