Brittle Starfish Mortality Plate (w/ stand) New Arrival Fossils

Brittle Starfish Mortality Plate (w/ stand) New Arrival FossilsSea levels were at their highest levels of the Paleozoic Era during the Ordovician Period and saw water temperatures of more than 110 F. These conditions allowed marine life to flourish and led to wide diversification. It is during this time that sea stars (from the class Asteroidea) and brittle stars (from the class Ophiuroidea) diverged. Sea stars, or starfish, tend to have legs that are wider and more connected to one another. They had tubular feet

These clams were known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years and the Venetian scholar and explorer Antonio Pigafetta documented them in a journal as early as 1521

the mineral Septarian formed in an ancient sea floor some 50-70 million years ago as sediment collected around sea life as they decomposed

Ocean Jasper

five- to six-fold long

Amber has the ability to preserve bits of forest debris from millions of years ago

Celestite is said to aid with astral travel

would walk behind the enormous machines (a thing that would no longer be allowed due to today's more strict safety standards)

a unique characteristic among gem types

where silicates bond with the cellulose structure of the wood

eurypterids were segmented aquatic arthropods

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dissolved silica moved by abundant groundwater