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(unnumbered) The state fossil of Mississippi is the 'toothed whale". Basilosaurus cetoides is one of the two species of toothed whale found in the state, the other being Zygorhiza kochii.

(DSM #FQP105) This femur is about three times the size of a modern domesticated steer.

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(DSM# FK196) This articulated (intact) fish skeleton found in north Mississippi has not yet been identified.

This drawing will help you learn the different parts of a Brachiopod. (Pictured is a Spiriferid Brachiopod)

This drawing will help you learn the different parts of a clam. The beak and teeth are usually the thickest part of th clam so that is the area that is most often preserved. Steinkerns (internal molds) are quite common.

(DSM# 1871) This crab was found near the Mississippi State University campus and has not yet been identified to Genus or species level.

This drawing will help you learn the different parts of a crinoid. Crinoids often disarticulate (fall apart) when they die so you are most likely to find individual stem pieces or pieces of calyx.

Photograph of Dr. Paul Heaney Dunn, Head of the Department of Geology and Geography at Mississippi State from 1934-1962

Dunn-Seiler Museum sticker by Amy Moe-Hoffman from January 2022