Fossils for kids: an introduction to paleontology

All About Fossils

Types of Fossils

Fossils, Then and Now

About Rocks

How Do Bones and Plants Get Inside Rocks?

Cells and Fossilization

Other Ways Fossils Can Form

What Are Fossils Made Out Of?

Sedimentary Rocks that Can Have Fossils in Them ...

Ancient Life and Extinction

Rock Layers Tell a Story

TYPES OF FOSSILS

Animal Fossils

Dinosaurs

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

Sharks

Gastropods

Brachiopods and Bivalves

Crustaceans

Coral and Bryozoans

Crinoids and Blastoids

Trilobites

Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, Nautilus, and Belemnites

Eurypterids

Sea Sponges, Algae, and Stromatolites

Echinoderms

Insects, Arachnids, and Myriapods

Mammals

Plant Fossils and Amber

Ferns and Horsetails

Palms

Leaves, Stems, and Other Plant Fossils

Ginkgo Trees

Conifers and Pine Cones

Petrified Wood

Amber

Microfossils, Trace Fossils, Hydrocarbons, Coal, and Pseudofossils

Microfossils

Trace Fossils

Hydrocarbons

Coal

Pseudofossils

COLLECTING FOSSILS

Can I Collect Fossils Everywhere?

How Do I Stay Safe When Fossil Collecting?

Where to Look

How to Spot Fossils in Nature

Signs of Fossils that You Should Look for

How Do You Collect Fossils?

How Scientists Collect Fossils

Identifying Fossils

Rock Shops and Buying Fossils

Replicas

Fake Fossils.

Introduction

Types of fossils

Collecting fossils

Cool fossil sites around the U.S.