The Museum holds the best collection of fossil bryozoans in the world, with more than 5,000 type and figured specimens. The collection contains an estimated 1,500,000 specimens, making it one of the ...

This sponge grew up around a bryozoan colony, which you can see at the bottom and top of the specimen ... What is the mode of preservation for this fossil? 4. Specimen #358. Look carefully at the ...

"But before this study, it hadn't really been investigated using the fossil record." The study casts a spotlight on a ...

"The deposition of these sediments promoted an exquisite preservation of the specimen, which lasted more than 160 million years." The fossil specimen—also large, at six inches from head to tail ...

They dubbed the fossil specimen a “fishhook.” “Because it was deep, we knew it wasn’t smooshed easily so it must have had a pretty rigid body,” Hughes said. Other key features include ...