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	contact: Jim Reger (jreger@mgs.md.gov)
CHARACTERISTIC FOSSILS OF MARYLAND FORMATIONS
Maryland Geological Survey's Volume VI, published in 1906, contains a set of figures depicting characteristic fossils of Maryland. The following web pages reproduce these figures. The nomenclature has changed for several species presented in Volume VI. However the figures are of historical interest, and will help identify common Maryland fossils. Volume VI is now available only in microfiche format. Click on one of the selections below to view fossils for each period.

INDEX (click on a section below to view fossils)
		Ordovician fossils Cambrian fossils Devonian fossils Silurian fossils Carboniferous-Permian fossils Triassic fossils Jurassic fossils Cretaceous fossils Eocene fossils Miocene fossils Pleistocene fossils
Other online references you might find helpful are:
	Miocene Sharks Teeth of Calvert County (MGS page) Fossil Teeth of the Maryland Miocene (MGS page) Shark Teeth Identification Key The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks Fossil Collecting Sites at Calvert Cliffs (MGS page) Calvert Marine Museum
Reference:
	Clark, W.B., et al., 1906, Volume VI, Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, MD

updated 6/7/04
(these web pages were prepared by R. D. Conkwright)