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Fossil chart:

This chart shows what types of fossil have been found in what period.

It also groups fossils together under marine water, brackish water, fresh water and land.

There is a section for plant fossils as well.

The *** symbol shows in which period the fossils have been found.

		Cambrian	Ordovician	Silurian	Devonian	Carboniferous	Permium
MARINEWATER:	Shellfish	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Trilobites, etc.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Clams, scallops. oysters, etc.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Dawn crinoids	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Sea anemones (& like).	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Sponges (& like).	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Sea lilies / feathered stars.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Tube-shaped organisms.	***	***	***	***		***
	Brittle stars.		***	***	***	***	***
	Horseshoe crabs.	***				***	***
	Fungi	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Marine worms.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Seed shrimps.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Moss animals.		***	***	***	***	***
	Sea scorpions.		***	***	***		***
	Algae.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Agnathan fish.	***	***	***	***
	Spiny sharks.			***	***	***	***
	Bony fish.			***	***	***	***
	Sharks.				***	***	***
	Armoured fish with jaws.				***	***
	Sea spiders.				***
	Amphibious creatures.		***		***	***	***
	Amphibious scorpions.			***	***	***
BRACKISHWATER	Algae.	***	***	***	***	***	***
	Bacteria.	***	***	***	***	***	***
FRESHWATER:	Shellfish.	***	***	***	***
	Agnathan fish.			***	***	***	***
	Millipedes.			***	***
	Spiny sharks.				***	***	***
	Amphibious creatures.				***	***	***
	Sharks.				***
	Bony fish.				***	***	***
	Armoured fish with jaws.				***
	Fungi.					***	***
LAND:	Springtail insects.				***	***	***
	Millipedes.				***	***	***
	Earwig-like.					***
	Amphibious creatures.					***
	Bristletails.					***	***
	Mites.					***	***
	Spider-like.					***	***
	Cockroaches.					***	***
	Crickets, grasshoppers, etc.					***	***
	Scorpions.					***
	Beetles.						***
	May flies & damsel-like flies.					***	***
	Dragon-like flies & huge dragon flies.					***	***
	Flying insects.					***	***
	Lice-like.						***
	Lizards.					***	***
	Mammal-like reptiles.					***	***

LANDPLANTS:	Large plants thorn-like leaves.	***	***	***	***
	Fungi.	***	***	***	***
	Small branching plants with spores.	***	***	***
	Woody bushes with spores.		***	***
	Woody ferns.		***
	Small plants with spores.		***
	Leaved herb-like plants.		***	***	***
	Fern-like plants.		***	***
	Plants with underground rhizomes.		***
	Ferns.		***	***	***
	Scale trees.		***	***	***
	Creeping plants with scale leaves.		***	***	***
	Liverworts.		***
	Spike mosses.		***	***	***
	Mosses.			***	***
	Small branching leafless spore plants		***
	Spore headed small plants.		***
	Large strap-leaved trees.			***	***
	Pine trees.			***	***
	Trees.			***
	Quillwort, etc.			***	***
	Seed plants.			***	***
	Horsetail-like.			***	***

For considerable more detail on what fossils are found in what strata see:

www.palaeos.com

www.biodiversity.org.uk/ibs/palaeo/benton/

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