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An example of a multicomponent site would be American Civil War earthworks constructed at the same location as a prehistoric Mississippian village. The cultural affiliation category in the list below refers only to periods in which the most significant occupation or event (e.g., a battle) took place at the site.
Location Sale price (USD) Original Adjusted [5] Unidentified Nest with 10 eggs Found in China Bonhams: September 15, 1993: London $76,000 $160,299 Purchaser was an anonymous American buyer. Collector also bought a set of 5 eggs at same auction for $18,750. [6] [7] Sue [a] (FMNH PR 2081) Tyrannosaurus rex: 90% of a skeleton
Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues).
This list of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
The science center is situated on a 232 acres (94 ha) property on one of the most important fossil sites in North America. [1] The Coon Creek Formation is a geologic formation located in western Tennessee and extreme northeast Mississippi. It is a sedimentary sandy marl deposit, Late Cretaceous in age, about 73 million years old.
Sereno said he has seen fossils up for sale at an auction claiming to be from Niger, except there is a national law in Niger making it illegal to sell fossils -- meaning either the fossil was ...
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Kockelella †Krausella †Lingulella †Lonchodomas †Marsupiocrinus †Meristella †Meristina †Monomorphichnus †Orthoceras †Ozarkodina †Ozarkodina confluens †Paciphacops; Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites ...
The Mississippian carbonates of Tennessee are very rich in fossils. [3] In the Mississippian Tennessee was home to large fish, abundant conodonts, and plants. [2] Swampy conditions prevailed in Tennessee during the later part of the Mississippian epoch. [8] During the Pennsylvanian epoch Tennessee was home to vast river systems flowing toward ...