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 * ''This list was finalized on Feb 1 at 8PM EST

There are many 'themes' on this list, organized into six major subject areas at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Each 'theme' is a possible attribute, origin or subject matter.

Malacology

 * World’s largest snail shell
 * Texas mollusks
 * Gastropod
 * Egg Case Strand
 * Texas State Mollusk
 * Florida Horse Conch
 * Shell + unusual color
 * Cephalopods
 * Carrier Shells
 * Cone Shells
 * Cowrie Shells
 * Pearl
 * Rarities + take a photo
 * Scallops
 * Snail Teeth
 * Spondylus

Paleontology

 * Triceratops
 * Diplodocus
 * Trilobites
 * T. Rex
 * Quetzalcoatlus Northropi
 * Hadrosaur
 * Plesiosaur
 * Ankylosaur
 * Cambrian
 * Ordovician
 * Devonian
 * Crinoid
 * Mississippian
 * Brachiopods
 * Pennsylvanian
 * Seymouria
 * Permian
 * Archosauromorphs
 * Glass Mountain materials
 * Trace fossils
 * Coelophysis
 * Petrified Wood
 * Armadillo teeth
 * Pleistocene
 * Giant Armadillo
 * Cretaceous plants
 * Giant ground sloth
 * Eocene
 * Mastodon
 * Fossil Crab
 * Evolution of horses
 * Neogene period
 * Plioplatecarpus
 * Toxochelys
 * Ammonite
 * Stenopterygius
 * Dinosaur eggs
 * Jurassic
 * Archaeopteryx
 * Eryops
 * Allosaurus
 * Dinosaur + feathers

TX wildlife

 * Sandhill Crane
 * River Otter
 * Nutria
 * Alligator
 * Mallard
 * Anhinga
 * Flicker

Africa

 * West African Tropical Forest
 * Persa Turaco
 * Mandrill
 * Lowe’s Guenon
 * Blue-breasted Bee-eater
 * Crowned Guenon
 * Gaboon Viper
 * Grimm’s Duiker
 * Gerenuk
 * Kirk’s Dik-dik
 * Bongo
 * Giant Forest Hog
 * Giant Blue Turaco
 * Okapi
 * Spotted Hyaena
 * Marabou
 * Puff Adder
 * Rufous-crowned Roller
 * Giant African Snail
 * Okavango
 * Greater Kudu
 * African Pygmy Goose
 * African Darter
 * Black Crake
 * Cape Teal
 * Nile Crocodile
 * Egyptian Goose
 * Cattle Egret
 * African Civet
 * Grant’s Gazelle
 * Aoudad
 * Rock Hyrax
 * Egyptian Spiney-tailed Lizard
 * Lesser Grey Shrike

Butterfly Center

 * Poison dart frogs
 * Amber
 * Prehistoric dragonfly
 * Horseshoe Crab
 * Roaches
 * Hornet nest
 * Termite mound – giant
 * Leaf Cuter ants
 * Antlions
 * Butterflies
 * Madagascar hissing cockroaches
 * Atlas beetle
 * Mantids
 * Grasshoppers
 * Katydid
 * Walkingsticks
 * Assassin bug
 * Dung beetle
 * Beetles
 * Scorpions
 * Tarantula
 * Centipede
 * Millipede
 * Bees
 * Stages of the butterfly lifecycle
 * Moths
 * Mosquito
 * Papering butterfly
 * Entomology lab
 * Bromeliads (various species)
 * Orchids (various species)
 * Begonias (various species)
 * Ferns (various species)
 * Cacao or chocolate tree (Theobroma cacao)
 * Spiral ginger (Costus, several species)
 * Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
 * Panama hat "palm" (Carludovica palmata)
 * Swiss cheese plant/Split leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)
 * Avocado tree (Persica americana)
 * Bull-thorn acacia (Acacia cornigera)
 * Pride of Trinidad or Rainforest Flame Tree (Warscewiczia coccinea)
 * Coffee (Coffea arabica)
 * Fairy duster (Calliandra emarginata)
 * Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
 * Mickey-Mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)
 * Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia, two or three species)
 * Lobster claw, parrot flower (Heliconia, various species)
 * Giant prayer plant (Calathea lutea)
 * Cuban poinsettia (Euphorbia punicea)
 * Medusa flower (Strophanthus preussii)

Minerals

 * Alma Queen
 * Tourmaline
 * Gold
 * Rhodochrosite
 * Geodes
 * Copper
 * Hematite
 * Selenite
 * Quartz
 * Pyromorphite
 * Smithsonite
 * Azurite
 * Barite
 * Pyrite
 * Malachite
 * Cut gems