Trace Fossils

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Name: bird prints
Location: Spanish Fork Canyon
Formation: Green River Shale
Age: Eocene
Collected by ?

Name: gastrolith (possible)
Location: Uintah Basin
Formation: Morrison?
Age: Jurassic
Collected by student of Doug Pusey

Name: worm-like trails
Location: Lake Mountains
Formation: Manning Canyon Shale
Age: Mississippian/Pennsylvanian
Collected by Doug Pusey

Name: unknown animal trail (originally identified as sponges)
Location: Provo Canyon
Formation: Bridal Veil Falls
Age: Pennsylvanian
Collected by Doug Pusey