FOSSIL PHOTOS BY TAOTSEN

I have loved the study of natural history all of my life and enjoy collecting fossils. What you see here represents my best specimens.

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Fossils found by the author of this site in 2001. I never thought I would find trilobites myself, but I have. These were found in Tazewell Tennessee.

Origional collection, pre-2001

A small Elrathia Kingi

Dipleura dekayi, dorsal view

Dipleura dekayi, side view

Diacalymene ouzregui, dorsal view,specimen 1

Diacalymene ouzregui, side view, specimen 1

Diacalymene ouzregui, front view,specimen 1

This is the only one I found with an intact head. It is deeply embedded in the matrix.

Diacalymene ouzregui, dorsal view, specimen 2

Diacalymene ouzregui, side view, specimen 2

A close-up of the above specimen.

Diacalymene ouzregui,front view, specimen 2

Reverse of the above fossil.

More trilobites from the hillside in Tazewell.

A fossil leaf

Another trilobite shown as complete matrix and close-up.

More fossil leaves

Manatee rib segment?

Disarticulated trilobite parts.

Fossil fish, species not known

Unknown, comments are invited.See email address below.

Closer look at the same fish

Detail of fish head

Fossil found eight miles from the rest. Probably bryozoan.

Detail of fish tail fin

I would love to know what this is.

Bivalves and others from Tennessee

Fossils collected in 2002. Found on roadside,  in "road cut" where stone was removed to build Hwy 25E between Thornhill and Raven hill Tennessee.

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Crinoid Fragments

Crinoid head fragments and other organic matter from the Ordovician/Cambrian rocks of Tennessee