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Oklahoma was a terrestrial environment for most of the ensuing Mesozoic era. [3] The Late Triassic Dockum Group of western Oklahoma preserved remains of archosaurs and temnospondyls, although its fossil record is restricted to a narrow region of the panhandle and is far sparser than the equivalent records in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. [98]
Life restoration of the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus †Acrocanthosaurus – type locality for genus †Acrocanthosaurus atokensis – type locality for species †Albanerpeton †Albanerpeton arthridion †Allosaurus – type locality for genus †Allosaurus fragilis – type locality for species; Ammobaculites
In 1987, the Oklahoma Legislature and governor approved a law (70 OK Stat §70-3309.1) that designated the Stovall Museum as the official Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In the early 1990s, a group of concerned citizens in Norman, Oklahoma , began to lobby for a new museum facility to better care for the state’s collection of natural and ...
The book Camps and Trails in China [2] records their experiences. In 1920, Andrews began planning for expeditions to Mongolia and drove a fleet of Dodge cars westward from Peking . In 1922, the party discovered a fossil of Paraceratherium (then named " Baluchitherium "), a gigantic hornless rhinocerotoid , which was sent back to the museum ...
The history of Oklahoma City refers to the history of city of Oklahoma City, and the land on which it developed.Oklahoma City's history begins with the settlement of "unassigned lands" in the region in the 1880s, and continues with the city's development through statehood, World War I and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Through the years,m Many Oklahoma children have ventured outdoors, spending hot, humid days ― or weeks ― at summer camps. Looking back: Decades of laughter and fun have been experienced in ...
Clayton Lake State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, featuring a 170-acre (69 ha) recreational reservoir and a fossil trackway of dinosaur footprints. It is located 15 miles (24 km) north of Clayton , close to New Mexico's border with Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman Frank Phillips.