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This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri. Precambrian [ edit ]
The Renner Village Archeological Site (23PL1) is a prehistoric archaeological site located in the municipality of Riverside, Platte County, Missouri.It was a village site inhabited from approximately 1 CE to 500 CE by peoples of the Kansas City Hopewell culture and through the Woodland period to 1200 CE by peoples of the Middle Mississippian culture. [2]
This list of the Paleozoic life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age. There is no Permian age rocks on the surface in Missouri, so beware of any fossils identified as such in the state.
The fossil record of Kansas spans from the Cambrian to the Pleistocene. [2] From the Cambrian to the Devonian, Kansas was covered by a shallow sea. During the ensuing Carboniferous the local sea level began to rise and fall. When sea levels were low the state was home to richly vegetated deltaic swamps where early amphibians and reptiles lived.
Paleontology in Missouri refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Missouri. The geologic column of Missouri spans all of geologic history from the Precambrian to present with the exception of the Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic. [1] Brachiopods are probably the most common fossils in ...
Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown ancient species: Kermitops — an amphibian that predates the dinosaurs and reveals the complexity of frog evolution. Researchers found a tiny ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas.
This list of the Paleozoic life of Kansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Kansas and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.