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"Giant Arthropods Dominated Early Ordovician Seas" Topic
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 20 Jul 2023 4:58 p.m. PST |
"The Fezouata Shale, in Morocco's Zagora region, was recently selected as one of the 100 most important geological sites worldwide because of its importance for understanding the evolution during the Early Ordovician period, about 470 million years ago. Fossils discovered in these rocks include mineralized elements (e.g. shells), but some also show exceptional preservation of soft parts such as internal organs, allowing paleontologists to investigate the anatomy of early animal life on Earth…"
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rvandusen ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 21 Jul 2023 3:04 p.m. PST |
Here in New York, the state fossil is the weird sea scorpion Eurypterid. The state museum used to have a cool model of that animal. I'm not sure if it is still on display. |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 21 Jul 2023 3:47 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 09 Aug 2023 10:05 p.m. PST |
Paleontologists Redescribe Enigmatic Jurassic Shark Species link Armand
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 17 Oct 2023 10:29 p.m. PST |
South African Fossil Reveals Smallest Jurassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur link Armand
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 May 2024 10:24 p.m. PST |
Modern Hippo Species Lived in Europe as Early as 560,000 Years Ago link
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