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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
Rock, mineral or 
    fossil?
 Rock key
Mineral key
Fossil key
    Plant
    
    Shell
        Ammonite
        Brachiopod / 
            mollusc
        Trilobite
        Echinoid
    
    Tooth
    Scales
    Something else
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Shell fossil key


Your fossil is the remains of a shell-dwelling animal. Does the fossil look like any of the types below?
 

image of an ammonite fossil linking to more information about ammonites

image of a mollusc fossil linking to more information about fossil brachiopods and molluscs

image of a trilobite fossil linking to more information about trilobites

 image of an echinoid fossil linking to more information about echinoids
Flat curled shell, may have ribs Like a modern day snail or sea shell Like a woodlouse. Strongly ribbed Round shell, like a modern day sea urchin