DD Fossils

Mississippian & Pennsylvanian Bryozoa matrix

• A neat collection of 3 bryozoan rich matrix samples from the Lester Limestone, Stull Shale and Fayetteville Shale. 
• Extremely rich samples containing several species of Bryozoa.

• Included in this collection are 4 micropalaeontology slides containing samples of particularly rare Pennsylvanian matrix. 
• All of these were collected 50 years ago and we have never had very much available. 
• Included in the collection are the Holdenville Shale, Francis Shale, Dekalb Limestone and Bluff Creek Shale. 
• Ostracods and foraminifera are dominant and beautifully preserved.

• Two distinct Pennsylvanian faunas are included in these samples. 
• They are typical of the Pennsylvanian, which means they are vastly different to samples from earlier periods. Really interesting material containing foraminifera, conodonts, ostracods and many more marine invertebrates. 
• The Gene Autry material comes from Oklahoma, the Eudora Shale from Texas.

• Three Pennsylvanian age matrix samples consisting of the Bostwick Limestone of  Oklahoma, the Magdalena Limestone of Texas, and the Kiewitz Shale of Nebraska. 
• The Bostwick and Magdalena have a neat foraminifera fauna, the Kiewitz Shale is rich in echinodermsand the odd fusulinid.

Permian Fusulinid collection

• A nice collection of four fusulinid bearing microfossil samples from the Permian age Bennett, South Bend , Hughes Creek, and Johnson Shales. 
• Classic examples of the large fusulinid faunas that flourished at the end of the Palaeozoic.

• This small collection contains two microfossil samples containing the important index fossils Triticites tumidus and Triticites ventricosus. 
• One sample is from the Dotham Formation, the other the Florence Limestone.

• Two vials containing abundant vertebrate remains from the Waurika site in Oklahoma. 
• Included are amphibians, reptiles, fish and freshwater sharks. 
• A famous deposit and the subject of a 700 page book that we have written. 
• Teeth, scales, denticles, and bone pieces can all be found.

• One vial containing abundant vertebrate remains from the Lower Permian Texas Red Beds. 
• Included can be amphibians, reptiles, fish and freshwater sharks. A famous deposit that compliments well the previously listed Waurika material.

• A reptile and amphibian rich matrix sample from one of the most important and famous Lower Permian sites in the world. Neat material.

Palaeozoic Survey Collection 20 Samples

This is a comprehensive collection featuring microfossil samples from the Palaeozoic. In all there are Twenty (20) different samples, which between them contain small shelly fossils, ostracods, fusulinids, conodonts, reptiles, amphibians, sharks, fish, foraminifera, bryozoa, scolecodonts, plants and more. Samples cover the Cambrian through the Permian and show a massive diversity of life forms.

Many samples have ID cards so that you can put names on many of the specimens that you find. There are thousands of fossils in this collection. Each sample has been processed and sieved so that it can be picked for microfossils.

The contents of the collection typically include the following specimens although minor changes may be made based on stock levels.

1.) Cambrian - Pioche Shale (Small Shelly Fossils)

2.) Lower Pooleville Member, Bromide Formation, Ordovician

3.) Upper Pooleville Member, Bromide Formation, Ordovician

4.) Decorah Shaale, Ordovician 

5.) Wenlock Limestone, Silurian

6.) Halla Beds, Silurian (Gotland)

7.) Haragan Formation, Lower Devonian

8.) Silica Shale, Middle Devonian (Bryozoans)

9.) Ledyard Shale, Devonian (Tenataculitids)

10.) New Albany Shale - Upper Devonian (Conodonts)

11.) Beechwood Limestone - Upper Devonian (Conodonts)

12.) Ellsworth Shale - Upper Devonian (Plants)

13.) Prospect Hill Formation - Mississippian (Conodonts, sharks/fish)

14.) Salem Limestone, Mississippian (Foraminifera)

15.) Eudora Shale, Pennsylvanian

16.) Lester Limestone, Pennsylvanian (Bryozoa)

17.) Gene Autry Shale - Pennsylvanian

18.) South Bend Shale - Pennsylvanian (Fusulinids)

19.) Bennet Shale - Permian (Fusulinids)

20.) Wellington Garbar Complex - Permian (Sharks, reptiles, amphibians)

Periodically we may substitute a sample if it is no longer available but we endeavour to keep this listing up to date. The image below shows a collection similar to the one on offer.

• This enormous collection includes 150 different samples ranging from the Cambrian to recent. Every geological period is covered. 
• The images show a case stating 165 samples from the Ordovician to Pleistocene, but to play it safe in case some samples are not available we are advertising this as a 150 sample collection but now from the Cambrian to recent. 
• You will not find another collection like this anywhere. Comes with a set of ID cards that relate to some of the samples. 
• Excellent for education or for a comprehensive personal collection.

Ordovician Scolecodont Slide Mount & Recent polychaete jaws

• A small collection of 5 Scolecodonts (worm jaws) from the Ordovician Waynesville Formation of Indiana mounted in a micropalaeontology slide.
• Also included is a slide mount of 5 recent polychaete jaws from the English coast for comparison.

• This is a rare collection consisting of members of the North American Small Shelly Fauna. 
• SSF's are typically viewed as being of Cambrian age, but faunas fitting the criteria actaully extended beyond the Silurian. SSF's exclude things like ostracods, but include things like micro brachiopods, bivalves, snails, armoured worm plates, hyolithids, and a whole slew of other weird and wonderful molluscs. 
• This collection consists of 7 slide mounts containing members of the Middle Ordovician Maquoketa Shale SSF fauna. Included are Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora plates (below and here), larval gastropod, Circotheca (Hyolithid), Leptobolus inarticulate microbrachiopod, Ctenodonta bivalve, and a small sample of matrix.

• A pair of slides containing matrix from the Ordovcian age Harding Sandstone of Colorado and the Whitewater Formation of Ohio. 
• The matrix is lightly adhered with water based glue to prevent the extremely small fossils being knocked around.
• The slides preserve conodonts, ostracods, weird tubular fragments, vertebrate remains and more.

• A pair of microfossil slides containing picked conodonts from the Upper Devonian New Albany Shale of Indiana and Lower Mississippian Chappel Limestone of Texas.
• Housed in the slides are a selection of randomly chosen conodonts. 
• These slides are perfect for those who only want a small sample of ready picked material.

• Samples of of conodont bearing matrix from the Middle Devonian Beechwood Limestone of Indiana and Genundewa Limestone of New york. 
• Unsorted material so you never know exactly what species you are going to encounter.
• Good representatives of the distinct Middle Devonian conodont faunas that included more robust forms than in the Upper Devonian

• A rare conodont bearing matrix sample from the Thaynes Limestone of Bear Lake, Idaho. 
• This material is Triassic in age and represents the last gasp of the conodonts before they went extinct. 
• Sample also contains shark skin denticles.

• The Huoy Formation material is from the Upper Devonian of Texas that is particularly rich in shark dermal denticles. 
• In the images almost every white particle is a scale and a few different types can be present. 
• Rare material and very limited in quantity. Also rich in conodonts, making for an interesting sample.
• The upper Pennsylvanian Eudora Shale preserves a rich foraminifera and conodont fauna