Ancient Great White Shark
Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which rarely preserves in the fossil record. Gordon Hubbell has perhaps the world’s largest…
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Ancient Alligator
Alligator olseni is one of the best known extinct crocodilians. These fossils are an intermediate species between primitive and more…
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World’s Oldest Grape Fossil
Museum scientists discovered that fossil grape seeds from India are almost 10 million years older than those from Europe and…
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Fossil Palm
Fossil plants from Alum Bluff represent a time when Florida’s climate was warmer and sea level was higher. In 1916…
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Blue Hole Birds
Fossils recently discovered inside a flooded sinkhole reveal a lost world of animals that once lived on islands in the…
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Sun Star Fossil
The Sun Star enjoyed a wide distribution along both American coasts until the Isthmus of Panama formed 3-4 million years…
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Fossil Slab
This community of bottom-dwelling organisms was rapidly buried, providing a snapshot of marine life not normally seen in the fossil…
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Fossil Seagrass
Seagrass meadows have functioned as critical nurseries for tens of millions of years, providing food and protection for many organisms….
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Agatized (Fossil) Coral
Agatized Coral forms when silica replaces the original calcium carbonate skeleton of a coral colony. This replacement process creates beautiful…
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