Fossil samples (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Fossil samples

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On the right, a slab of gray shale sample. Two black boxes mark places where fossilized algae are present; those are shown on the left. The fossils are reddish-brown marks, curving and broken into segments, on a gray rock background.

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Photo by K. Maloney.

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Photo by K. Maloney.

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