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(DSM #PL58) This section of palm wood very clearly shows how individual cells of an organism can be filled with minerals in the process of permineralization.

(unnumbered) Petrified wood often exhibits a combination of replacement and permineralization. This specimen clearly shows how the cell walls have been replaced with minerals. The cells themselves are also filled in some cases.

(DSM #10565) This brachiopod has had its shell partially replaced by the mineral pyrite. Pyrite is also known as fool's gold.

(DSM #M410) This Turritellid snail has been completely replaced with the mineral pyrite. Some pyrite nodules have also begun to form and grow.

(DSM #EC74) These worm burrows show the tunnelling behavior of one species of marine worms.

(DSM #10716) This Mosasar shoulder blade shows signs of being scavenged by shark after death. This indicates that the creature was on the sea floor for a while after it died.

(unnumbered) Coprolites are trace fossils that can tell us a lot about the diet and physiology of a creature.

(DSM #CH9) Zygorhiza kochii along with Basilosaurus cetoides is the other ancient toothed whale that serves as state fossil of Mississippi.

(DSM #M261) This extinct genus of Nautilus lived in seas from the Late Jurassic until the Miocene.

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