Stromatolite
Cryptzoon proliferum
Class: Algae
Age: Cambrian
Sheperdstown, WV
12 inches across
Owner: Marshall University
Notes: Oldest Fossils In West Virginia
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Fossils of West Virginia Volume 1
Vertebrates & Invertebrates
Class:
Age: 2007
8.5x11 inches
Owner: by Dr. Hassan Amjad
Notes: 544 pages full color
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Diadectes
Diadectes
Class: Amphibia
Age: Permian / Dunkard
Roane County, WV
4.3 x 3 inches
Owner: WVGS
Notes: Very rare skull and only one known from West Virginia
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Early Amphibian
Greererpeton burkemorani
Class: Amphibia
Age: Mississippian
Greer, Monongalia County, WV
7 x 5.5 inches
Owner: WVGS
Notes: This was a new genus & new species.
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Fossils of West Virginia Volume 2
Fossil Plants
Class:
Age: 2007
8.5x11 inches
Owner: by Dr. Hassan Amjad
Notes: 350 pages full color
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Trace Fossil
Bifungites
Class: Ichnofossils
Age: Devonian
Randolph County, WV
1.5 inches
Owner: Garton
Notes: Very rare and unusual, Presumed to be a worm borrow
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Peccary
Platygonus compressus
Class: Mammalia
Age: Pleistocene
Monroe County, WV
11 x 7.5 inches
Owner: WVGS
Notes: Skull & Complete Skeleton Carbon 14 Dates At 22,620 Years
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Trilobite
Trimerus vanuxemi (Hall)
Class: Trilobita
Age: Devonian
Greenbrier County, WV
5.5 x 2.4 inches
Owner: WVGS
Notes: One of the largest from the state.
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Ground Sloth Claws
Megalonyx jeffersonii
Class: Mammalia
Age: Pleistocene
Haynes Cave, Monroe County, WV
260 mm x 150 mm
Owner: WVGES (donated by Ray Garton)
Notes: This specimen was described by Thomas Jefferson in 1799.
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Mastodon Tooth
Mammut americanum
Class: Mammalia
Age: Pleistocene
Bowden Cave, Randolph County, WV
75mm x 70mm (3 in. x 2.8 in.)
Owner: WVGES (donated by Ray Garton)
Notes: Partial mastodon tooth.
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Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach)
Class: Mammalia
Age: Pleistocene
Little Creek, WV
240 mm x 90 mm x 175 mm (9.5 in x 3.5 in x 6.9 in)
Owner: WVGES (donated by WVU Geology Dept.
Notes: Large, well-preserved woolly mammoth tooth.
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