some important fossils to remember and identification tips.

1. PALEONTOLOGY

2. PELECYPODA

3. CARDITA

4. NUCULA

5. LUCINA

6. PECTEN (TWO VALVES ARE PRESENT)

7. OSTREA (SAMOSA) BEAK IS NOT PRESENT

8. EXOGYRA

9. MYA

10. CARDIUM

11. ARCA (ISOMYARIAN,TAXODONT)

12. MACTRA

13. GRYPHAEA

14. GASTROPODA

15. NATICA

16. PHYSA (ONLY SINSTRAL SHELL)

17. VOLUTA (SHELF LIKE STRUCTURE IS PRESENT &
HOLOSTOMATUS)

18. FUSUS (SIPHONOSTOMATUS , FUSIFORM)

19. CERITHIUM (APERTURE LIP IS CRENULATED)

20. TURITELLA (APERTURE LIP IS SMOOTH)

21. TURBO (ONLY PERFORATE)

22. MUREX (STYLIST)

23. CONUS

24. PLANTS

25. ALETHOPTERIS (COMMON DURING
CARBONIFEROUS)

26. GANGAMOPTERIS (MID VEIN IS NOT PRESENT
CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN)

27. GLOSSOPTERIS (MID VEIN IS PRESENT
CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMIAN)

28. CALAMITES (STEM FOSSIL,PRESENT DURING
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD )

29. PTILOPHYLLUM (TRIASSIC AND JURASSIC PERIOD
OF INDIA)

30. LEPIDODENDRON (LOOKS LIKE A BARK OF
COCONUT TREE OR PINEAPPLE COVERING)

31. ARTHROPODA

32. ACIDASPIS (THORAX WITH 9
SEGMENTS,ELEVATED GLABELLA,LONG ANDTHICK
SPINES FROM EITHER SIDE OF CEPHALON)

33. CALYMENE (SHELL IS ELEVATED,GONTOPARIAN )

34. PHILLISPIA (10 SEGMENTS IN THORAX,SMAL EYES)

35. CORALS

36. ZAPHRENTIS (TOOTH LIKE SHAPE)

37. FAVOSITES (COLONIAL)

38. CALCEOLA (CONE IN SHAPE)

39. MONTIVALTIA
• Solitary coral, calyx is elliptical,calyx contains numerous minor and major septa,collumella
is absent.

40. CEPHALOPODS

41. HARPOCERAS (INVOLUTE COILING)

42. ACANTHOCERAS (INVOLUTE)

43. PERISPHINCTES (RADIAL RIDGES DENSE AT
PERIPHERY,INVOLUTE)

44. PHYLLOCERAS (AMMONITIC
SUTURE,INVOLUTE,AMMONITIC)

45. AMALTHEUS (ADVOLUTE,AMMONITIC)

46. MACROCEPHALITIS (CONVOLUTE COILING ,
BIFURCATED RADIAL RIDGES)

47. NAUTILUS (CONVOLUTE,NAUTILOID)

48. CERATITES (INVOLUTE COILING)

49. ECHINOIDS

50. CIDARIS (MOST STYLISH , SPHERICAL IN SHAPE ,
RADIAL SYMMETRY)

51. CLYPEUS (BILATERAL SYMMETRY)

52. CLYPEASTER

53. BREYNIA

54. ECHINOLAMPAS

55. MICRASTER (HEART LIKE SHAPE)

56. HEMIASTER (HEART LIKE SHAPE )

57. BRACHIOPOD

58. SPIRIFER (UNIPLICATE)

59. TERBRATULA

60. PENTAMERUS (GOOD IN SHAPE)

61. ATRYPA

62. ATHYRIS

63. PRODUCTUS

64. RHYNCHONELLA