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Below are printable fossil identification guide sheets in PDF and JPG format. These are ideal to take fossil hunting with you if you are new to fossils, or taking new people or children with you when you travel to the outdoor fossil sites.

They are designed to be easily printed or simply saved on your smart phone

Simply click on the corresponding images and save the .PDF or print.

If you don't see the fossil identification guide you are looking for, try looking at the Fossil Hunting Sites . Each fossil hunting location has an online and more indepth identification section.

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Recommended Books for learning about Fossils:

101 American Fossil Sites You've Gotta See
By Albert B Dickas, 2018
This is a great updated fossil sites book with at least one fossil site in each state. Each site is broken into 2 pages. One has detailed information, such as directions, GPS coordinates, formation information, etc... The other is dedicated to images of the site and the fossils found there. It also gives information on fossil 'viewing' sites such as dinosaur trackways, museums, and active excavations.

This book is great for both beginning and expert fossil collectors. Beginners will find fossil hunting much easier with this book and experts will find it to be a great reference.
Plus, my fossil photos are peppered throughout this book!

Here is a link to my Review of the book.

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DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil
This is a great introductory book about fossils. It explains what fossils are, how fossils form, and how they lived. It is chalk full of spectacualr images of all kinds of fossils, and gives the history of fossil discoveries. It's a great book book for anyone getting into fossils.

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Fossil Hunting: An Expert Guide to Finding, and Identifying Fossils and Creating a Collection
This is another great introductory book about fossils. This visual book concentrates on fossil hunting. It gives a historical perspective and goes over some world famous fossil localities.