Fossil Plates
Below are images of fossils that can be found in Pennsylvania. Plates are from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey's General Geology Report G 40 (out of print), Fossil Collecting in Pennsylvania, by Donald M. Hoskins, Jon D. Inners, and John A. Harper. Plate illustrations are by John G. Kuchinski, Albert E. Van Olden, and James H. Dolimpio. Printed plates should be 4.5 x 7 inches to maintain the correct scale factor indicated for each fossil.
![]() | Plate 1 Ordovician fossils | ![]() | Plate 12 Mississippian fossils |
![]() | Plate 2 Ordovician fossils | ![]() | Plate 13 Mississippian and Pennsylvanian fossils |
![]() | Plate 3 Silurian fossils | ![]() | Plate 14 Pennsylvanian fossils |
![]() | Plates 4 and 5 Silurian, Silurian and Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plate 15 Pennsylvanian fossils |
![]() | Plate 6 Silurian and Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plate 16 Pennsylvanian fossils |
![]() | Plate 7 Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plates 17 and 18 Pennsylvanian and Pennsylvanian and Permian fossils |
![]() | Plate 8 Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plate 19 Pennsylvania and Permian plant fossils |
![]() | Plate 9 Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plate 20 Pennsylvania and Permian plant fossils |
![]() | Plate 10 Devonian fossils | ![]() | Plate 21 Trace fossils |
![]() | Plate 11 Devonian fossils | ||




















