I haven't forgotten that I was asked about any fossils that I've seen in Taiwan! Let me show you what I saw: a sand dollar fossil at a place on the northeast coast of Taiwan named Yehliu Geopark.
Sand dollars are a type of urchin that is round and flat. They can be purple when alive, and their skeleton is white. The fossilized sand dollar that I saw at Yehliu Geopark looks like any other sand dollar, but it's been a little bit worn down over time and has turned a copper color.
I felt awed! It's amazing how the sand dollar is so firmly attached to the rock even though it is right on the surface, and not deeply embedded. I had never seen a sand dollar fossil before.
I found this sand dollar at Yehliu Geopark in New Taipei. Yehliu is an area with really cool rock formations which have formed over a really long period of time.
Sand dollars live all over the world. They eat algae and other things that they can find on the ocean floor.
