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Paleontology in Washington encompasses paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Washington. Washington has a rich fossil record spanning almost the entire geologic column. Its fossil record shows an unusually great diversity of preservational types including carbonization, petrifaction ...
This list of the Cenozoic life of Washington contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Washington and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Washington, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period
Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. Whether in an official group or going solo, ...
Fossil of the Cambrian trilobite Nevadia †Nevadia †Pamirella †Pamirella oculus – type locality for species †Parapolypora †Pinegopora †Pinegopora petita – type locality for species †Polypora †Polypora arbusca – type locality for species †Polyporella †Pseudobatostomella †Rhombopora – tentative report †Rhombotrypella
The Stonerose Interpretive center & Eocene Fossil Site is a 501c(3) non-profit public museum and fossil dig located in Republic, Washington. The center was established in 1989 and houses fossils that have been featured in National Geographic Magazine , Sunset magazine , and numerous scientific works.
Seven states and the District of Columbia still lack an explicit state fossil: Arkansas: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur. [1] District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state ...
The animal’s fossil records date back 225 million years, predating the previously confirmed first mammal by approximately 20 million years.