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Little animals in the Coal Swamp When one collects plant fossils, Mother Earth provides sometimes a bonus in the shape of an animal fossil. Below you will find a list of specimens, collected by me or by other people. Naturally the coal forests and swamps of the Carboniferous and the Early Permian swarmed with animal life. Especially the little animals must have been present in huge numbers. But apparently the circumstances for fossilisation were unfavourable, for animal fossils are extremely rare in relation to the abundance of plant fossils. Contents Worms           Spirorbis sp. Bivalves           Anthracosia sp.            Carbonicola acuta          Anthraconauta minima       Insects              Breyeria harlemensis Arachnids           Maiocercus celticus Xiphosurans           Euproops sp.           Euproops sp.           Belinurus sp. Millipedes           Pleurojulus steuri Top