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Overall, the skull is similar to that of modern baboons, except that it generally lacks the facial fossae (depressions on the sides of the muzzle and lower jaw) and maxillary ridges (ridges of bone that run along the upper sides of the snout). [2] [4] For these reasons, Dinopithecus is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Papio. [2] [7]
Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
Paleontology has a long history in the State of Illinois, stretching at least as far back as the 1850s, when the first Mazon Creek fossils were being found. Early in the ensuing 20th century a Silurian age fossil reef system was discovered in the state.
A woman’s skull was discovered inside the walls of a suburban Illinois home back in 1978, and now—almost 50 years later—we finally know her name. Esther Granger was identified by the Kane ...
The Mazon Creek fossils are found in the Upper Carboniferous Francis Creek Shale. [6] The type locality is the Mazon River (or Mazon Creek), a tributary of the Illinois River near Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The 25 to 30 meters of shale were formed approximately , during the Pennsylvanian period.
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Robert Kennicott (November 13, 1835 – May 13, 1866) was an American naturalist and herpetologist.Chronic illness kept Kennicott out of school as a child. Instead, Kennicott spent most of his time outdoors, collecting plants and animals.
Investigators are seeking the public's help to finally provide an ID for John Doe, whose skull was found in front of 1345 Marcy St. The rest of the skeleton was found inside the abandoned house.