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Visit the Hall of Paleontology!
April 22, 2019 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Paleontology
Paleontology is concerned with fossil animals and plants.
Cleveland-Lloyd
Dinosaur Quarry
About:
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Located about 29 miles (by road) south of the Museum, this internationally famous dinosaur quarry is known for the large numbers of the meat-eating dinosaur bones excavated there.
Coal
Mines
About:
Coal Mines
When miners began removing coal from underground mines they began to uncover three- and four-toed dinosaur tracks that looked like the animal had been walking on the ceiling.
Cedar
Mountain
About:
Cedar Mountain
The Cedar Mountain Formation is one of the last major dinosaur-bearing formations to be studied in the United States.
Cretaceous
Sea
About:
Cretaceous Sea
The Cretaceous Sea, also known as the Cretaceous Interior Seaway, was a narrow, rather shallow sea that connected the modern Gulf of Mexico and modern Arctic Ocean.
Geologlical
Time Scale
Geological Time Scale Used by the Museum
A Geological Time Scale is a system of chronologic measurement relating to stratigraphy to time that is used by scientists.