Fossil type
Where to find brachiopods
Brachiopods are bivalved marine animals that look superficially like clams but belong to a separate phylum. They were the dominant shelled benthic animals of the Paleozoic. Almost any Cambrian-through-Permian limestone exposure produces brachiopods.
80 fossil sites
Ait Benhaddou Echinoid Site Ouarzazate Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Cretaceous echinoids, Brachiopods, Gastropods, bivalves and coral fragments
Arroyo Seco Road Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Submitted, Fossils, Location, Brachiopods
Atchana Trilobite Mine Rissani Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Atchana Trilobite Mine, Devonian trilobites, Brachiopods, Goniatites
Baggy Point Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Brachiopods, Bivalves, Gastropods, Crinoids
Bakrit Starfish Echinoid Site Ifrane Fossil Hunting Guide
500 to 1
starfish and echinoid fossils, Starfish, Echinoids, Brachiopods
Beachy Head Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Echinoids (sea urchins), Flint sponges, Bivalves, Brachiopods
Bearreraig Bay Isle of Skye Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
ammonites, Tmetoceras, bivalves, brachiopods
Beer Head Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Ammonites, Echinoids, Brachiopods, Bivalves
Boesdal Beach Stevns Klint Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Boesdal beach, Belemnites, Sea urchin, Brachiopod
Bou Dib Fossil Site North Jbel Isoumour Alnif Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Bou Dib, Phacops, Brachiopods, Crinoid columnals
Boutchafine Mount Trilobite Quarry Erfoud Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Phacops, Hollardops, Phacops rana, Hollardops merocristata
Caesar Creek State Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Caim Anglesey Carboniferous Corals Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Corals, Brachiopods, Bivalves
Cambrian Paradoxides Site North of Alnif Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Paradoxides, Cambropallas telesto, Brachiopods, Trilobites
Cayton Bay Yorkshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Bivalves, Gastropods, Brachiopods
Charmouth Beach Fossil Hunting Guide
Charmouth
Ammonites, Belemnites, Bivalves, Crinoid
Cowan Lake State Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals, Horn Corals
Dalbyover Quarry Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Dalbyover, Bryozoans, Sea urchins, Brachiopods
Death Valley National Park Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Mollusks
Draa Valley Ordovician Trilobite Site Agdz Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Draa Valley Ordovician Trilobite Site, Giant trilobites, Brachiopods, Graptolite fragments
East Fork State Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Erfoud Main Orthoceras Factory Quarry Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Erfoud Main Orthoceras Factory Quarry, Orthocerids, Goniatites, Brachiopods
Falls of the Ohio State Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Indiana, United States
Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals, Bryozoans
Faxe Quarry South Area Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Visiting Information, Fossil Collecting, Geological Setting, Ancient Climate
Fezouata Biota Locality Zagora Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
anomalocaridids, Trilobites, Anomalocaridids, Echinoderms
Filon 12 Vanadinite Fossil Mine Mibladen Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
vanadinite, trilobites, brachiopods, Vanadinite
Find Campanian Fossils at Arnager Beach Bornholm Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Geological Setting, Ancient Climate, Discovery and Research History, Visiting Information
Find Fossils in the Marble Mountains Fossil Hunting Guide
California, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Trace Fossils
Fossil Bluff Wynyard Fossil Hunting Guide
Tasmania, Australia
Geological Setting, Visiting Information, Brachiopods, Crinoids
Fossil Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Guelb el Mharch Mud Volcano Fossil Site Rissani Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Guelb el Mharch, Tabulate corals, Rugose corals, Brachiopods
Halkyn Mountain Fossil Hunting Guide
Wales, United Kingdom
Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals, Bryozoans
Hamar Laghdad Orthoceras Quarry Erfoud Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Hamar Laghdad Orthoceras Quarry, Orthoceras, Goniatites, Brachiopods
Hooken Cliff Beer Devon Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Echinoids, Ammonites, Fish remains, Brachiopods
Hueston Woods State Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Ilminster Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Ammonites, Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte, Belemnites, brachiopods
Jbel el Mrakib Devonian Reef Site Rissani Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Jbel El Mrakib Devonian Reef Site, Coral reef fossils, Stromatoporoids, Brachiopods
Jbel Gara el Zguilma Trilobite Site Foum Zguid Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Walliserops trifurcatus, Psychopyge elegans, Cyphaspis, Comura
Jbel Tiskaouine Ordovician Trilobite Site Alnif Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Jbel Tiskaouine, Flexicalymene, Colpocoryphe, Neseuretus
Katbjerg Odde Mariager Fjord Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Katbjerg Odde, Bryozoans, Sea urchins, Brachiopods
Kimmeridge Bay Fossil Hunting Guide
Wareham
Etches Collection Museum, Ammonites, Belemnites, Bivalves
Lady Burn Fossil Hunting Guide
near Drummuck
Starfish, Trilobites, Brachiopods and bivalves, Orthocones and cephalopods
Lavernock Fossil Hunting Guide
Wales, United Kingdom
Ammonites, Brachiopods, Bivalves, Marine Reptiles
Liselund Park Mons Klint Beach Access Fossil Hunting Guide
4791 Borre
Liselund Park, Maastricht Formation, Belemnites, Sea urchin
Lost River Fossil Hunting Guide
West Virginia, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
Maria Island Fossil Cliffs Fossil Hunting Guide
Australia
brachiopod shells, bryozoans, crinoids, brachiopods, Bryozoans, Crinoid
Marloes Sands Fossil Hunting Guide
Pembrokeshire
Corals, Brachiopods, Trilobites, Bryozoans
Merzouga Desert Phacops Collecting Area Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Phacops trilobites, Merzouga Desert Phacops Collecting Area, Phacops, Enrolled trilobites
Mineral Wells Fossil Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Texas, United States
Shark Teeth, Trilobites, Echinoids, Brachiopods
Mons Klint Beach Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Møns Klint, Belemnites, Sea urchin, Brachiopods
Montour Preserve Fossil Pit Fossil Hunting Guide
Pennsylvania, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Gastropods, Crinoids
Oakes Quarry Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals, Bryozoans
Ouzina Ordovician Graptolite Locality Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
graptolite fossils, Graptolites, Trilobites, Brachiopods
Paleo Site Monument in Arizona Fossil Hunting Guide
Arizona, United States
Brachiopods, Bivalves, Gastropods, Crinoids
Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve Fossil Hunting Guide
New York, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Bryozoans
Reighton Sands Yorkshire Fossil Hunting Guide
near Reighton
Erratic boulders, Kimmeridge Clay, Ammonites, Belemnites
Rissani Goniatite Quarry East of Town Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
goniatites, Goniatites, Manticoceras, Orthoceras
Runswick Bay Yorkshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Jet, Bivalves, Belemnite guards
Rusey Cliff Cornwall Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Plant remains, Corals, Brachiopods, Goniatites
Saredrar Orthoceras Quarry Tazzarine Alnif Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
Saredrar Orthoceras Quarry, Orthocerids, Goniatites, Brachiopods
Seafield Tower Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Crinoid stems, Bryozoans, Rugose and tabulate corals, Brachiopod shells
Seaton Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Ammonites, Echinoids, Brachiopods, Bivalves
Seatown and Golden Cap Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Ammonites, Androgynoceras, Amaltheus, Tropideroceras
Seven Sisters Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Seaford Chalk Formation, Echinoids, Seven Sisters Flint Band, Shark Teeth
Shepherds Chine Whale Chine Isle of Wight Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Crackers, Perna Bed, Lower and Upper Lobster Beds, Shark teeth
Southerndown Glamorgan Heritage Coast Fossil Hunting Guide
Southerndown
Ammonites, Belemnites, Brachiopods
Staithes Yorkshire Guide Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Ammonites, Bivalves and brachiopods, Trace fossils, Ichthyosaur and plesiosaur remains
Stevns Klint Hoejerup k pg Boundary Fossils Fossil Hunting Guide
4660 Store Heddinge
Højerup Church, Belemnites, Sea urchin, Bryozoan
Stockdale Silurian Yorkshire Dales Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Graptolites, Brachiopods, Trilobites, Crinoid columnals
Store Klint Mons Klint Tallest Cliffs Fossils Fossil Hunting Guide
Denmark
Store Klint, Belemnites, Sea urchin, Brachiopods
Timahdite Brachiopod Collecting Site Fossil Hunting Guide
Morocco
brachiopods, Spiriferid brachiopods, Terebratulid brachiopods, Crinoid columnals
Trammel Fossil Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals
U-Dig Fossils Fossil Hunting Guide
Utah, United States
Trilobites, Brachiopods, Phyllocarids
Upper Gilwern Hill Wales Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Brachiopods, Solitary corals, Crinoid columnals, Bryozoans
Vinnels Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Brachiopods, Trilobites, Crinoids, Corals
Wenlock Edge Presthope Shropshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Crinoids, Corals, Brachiopods
Wenlock Quarry Much Wenlock Shropshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Corals, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Trilobites
West Angle Bay Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Crinoid ossicles, Bryozoa, Corals, Brachiopods
Windjana Gorge Geikie Gorge Kimberley Fossil Hunting Guide
Australia
Windjana Gorge, Geikie Gorge, Gogo Formation, in situ
Woolshed Creek Fossil Hunting Guide
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Location of Fossil Site, Fossil Collecting, Geological Setting, Ancient Climate