List of fossils

This is a list of notable fossils.

''Note: this does not attempt to be an exhausive list of fossils, of which there are millions, but those that are of enough significance to merit a wikipedia article. The list will be arranged by geologic timeframe.''

Precambrian

 * Nama Group (Namacalathus, Cloudina)
 * Gunflint Chert (stromatolites)

Cambrian

 * Burgess Shale (Marella splendens)
 * Chengjiang Maotianshan shales (Banffia confusa, Haikouella lanceolata, Yannanozoon lividum)
 * Anomalocarid

Ordovician
Caithness, Scotland (Palaeospondylus)

Jurassic

 * Archaeopteryx
 * Megalosaurus

Cretaceous

 * Jane
 * Sue (Tyrannosaurus)

Neogene

 * Laetoli footprints
 * Lucy
 * Taung Child
 * Mrs. Ples
 * The Old Man
 * Hofmeyr Skull