Story: Fossils All images & media From page 1 – What are fossils? Fossil possum Fossil outcrop Geological timescale Three types of fossil Deformed shells From page 2 – Oldest fossils – Paleozoic Trilobite hut Malcolm Simpson, 1948 Paleozoic rocks Paleozoic fossils From page 3 – Age of the dinosaurs – Mesozoic Triassic fossil shells Mesozoic rocks Triassic fossils (1st of 3) Jurassic fossils (2nd of 3) Cretaceous fossils (3rd of 3) Giant ammonite (1st of 3) Elasmosaur skull (2nd of 3) Mosasaur skull (3rd of 3) K–T boundary at Woodside Creek From page 4 – Age of mammals – Cenozoic Cenozoic rocks Shark-toothed dolphin (1st of 3) Cenozoic fossils (2nd of 3) Cenozoic vertebrates (3rd of 3) Charles Fleming, paleontologist Charles Trechmann at Waipara (1st of 2) Waiparaconus; an unusual fossil (2nd of 2) Shark teeth From page 5 – Terrestrial fossils Glossopteris leaves (1st of 2) Fossil stumps (2nd of 2) Dinosaur and pterosaur fossils Dinosaur diorama Tuatara From page 6 – Bird fossils Lake Manuherikia Glacier Oldest penguin Bird bones Richard Owen and moa From page 7 – Microfossils Fossil foraminifera Sediment core Limestone Magnified bracken spore Fossil soils From page 8 – Uses and collections Haumuri Bluff (1st of 2) Fossil bone (2nd of 2) Forensic testing Drill rig Fossil excavation Dinosaur finder
