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A few of the better dinosaur fossils the kids made; the rest went in the bin, but to be honest, you probably didn't wantto see the ones that "got away!"
USA, TN, Morgan, Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area, north of Petros.
Found this fossil in shale in a road cut along highway 116 north of Petros .
Fossil Horn Coral (Lophophyllidium sp.). This coral is from the Devonian period and is about 380 million years old. Found in the Wewoka Formation. Wewoka, Seminole Co., Oklahoma. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)
Glossopterids are diagnostic plant fossils for the permian period 286-245 million years ago.They were adapted to growing in swampy ground close to peat swamps and living in cool climatic conditions at high latitudes. The deciduous leaves are common fossils in India, South America, Australia and Antarctica providing evidence for the southern supercontinent Gondwana.
Nautilus fossils occur mainly in sedimentary rocks.They are the remains of animals preserved in layers of sediment.The types of fossil that are found in a rock give an indication of the rocks origin:
a marine fossil,for instanse suggests that the rock formed from sediments deposited in the sea. Rocks that are especially rich in fossils include limestone.
Macro Fossiles Kasbah, Erfoud, Morocco
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Although alleged to be millions of years old, these fossil leaves are just like any regular leaves today.
No sign of any evolution.
Yet another example of a living fossil.
Rapid formation of strata, recent evidence:
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There is no credible mechanism for progressive evolution.
Progressive, macro evolution is based on the ludicrous idea that random mutations (accidental, genetic, copying mistakes) selected by natural selection, can provide constructive, genetic information capable of creating entirely new features, structures, organs, and biological systems. Macro evolution is based on a belief in a complete progression from microbes to man through millions of random, genetic copying MISTAKES. There is no evidence for it whatsoever, it is unscientific nonsense which defies logic.
Micro-evolution is simply the small changes which take place, through natural selection or selective breeding, but only within the strict limits of the built-in variability of the existing gene pool. Any changes outside the extent of the existing gene pool requires a credible mechanism for the creation of new, constructive, genetic information, that is what is essential for macro evolution. Micro evolution does not involve or require the creation of any new, genetic information. So micro evolution and macro evolution are entirely different. There is no connection between them at all.
Macro evolution is the ridiculous idea that everything in the genome of humans and every living thing past and present (apart from the original genetic information in the very first living cell) is the result of genetic copying mistakes. mutations ... of mutations .... of mutations.... of mutations .... etc. etc.
In other words, Neo-Darwinism proposes that the complete genome (every scrap of genetic information in the DNA) of every living thing that has ever lived was created by a series ... of mistakes ... of mistakes .... of mistakes .... of mistakes etc. etc.
If we look at the whole picture we soon realise that what is actually being proposed by evolutionists is that, apart from the original information in the first living cell: every additional scrap of genetic information for all - features, structures, systems and processes that exist, or have ever existed in living things, such as:
skin, bones, bone joints, shells, flowers, leaves, wings, scales, muscles, fur, hair, teeth, claws, toe and finger nails, horns, beaks, nervous systems, blood, blood vessels, brains, lungs, hearts, digestive systems, vascular systems, liver, kidneys, pancreas, bowels, immune systems, senses, eyes, ears, sex organs, sexual reproduction, sperm, eggs, pollen, the process of metamorphosis, marsupial pouches, marsupial embryo migration, mammary glands, hormone production, melanin etc. .... have been created from scratch, by an incredibly long series of small, accumulated mistakes ... mistake - upon mistake - upon mistake - upon mistake - etc. etc.
If you believe that ... you will believe anything.
Conclusion: progressive, microbes-to-man is impossible - there is no credible mechanism to produce all the new, genetic information which is essential for that to take place.
The evolution story is a fairy tale.
During Toronto protesting for a March 3rd day of action, in several cities, against RBC tar sands financing
I made that sign out here in London, Ontario
Fossil Mimosa Leaf (Mimosites coloradensis). Found in the John Day Formation. Specimen is from the late Eocene and is about 45 milion years old. Oregon. (Collection of the Mines Museum of Earth Science. Golden, Colo.)
Fossil / South Carolina, USA / Copyright ©2007 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.
Fossilized Bone
South Carolina (Cooper River)
Fossil Catkin (Unknown species). Catkins are clusters of apetalous flowers commonly found on willows, birches and poplars. The tree that produced this catkin lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. This fossil is preserved in the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer, Lincoln Co., Wyo.
Fossil Marble Tiles cut from Petrified Wood stone fossils for sale from IndoGemstone.com
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The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology. Apart from exhibitions, the museum is also involved in indigenous studies research and community programs.
It is located in College Street, Sydney and was originally known as the Colonial Museum or Sydney Museum. The museum was renamed in June 1836 by a Sub-Committee meeting, when it was resolved during an argument that it should be renamed the Australian Museum.
The first location of the museum was likely a room in the offices of the Colonial Secretary, although for the next 30 years it moved to several other locations in Sydney, until moving into its current location in 1849.
The current handsome Neoclassical sandstone building, on the corner of College and Park Streets, opposite Hyde Park, was first opened to the public in May 1857. It was designed by the New South Wales Colonial Architect James Barnet. The first chairman of the museum was William Holmes, who was appointed on 16 June 1829.
The Skeleton Gallery is in the original part of the Museum. It is a double-height space overlooked by first- and second-floor mezzanines. Its 100 skeletons - including the horseman and the rocking-chair man and his dog - occupy a traditional space of dark timber and muted tones, lit to reveal its best features.
Showcasing over 10 full scale skeletons, Dinosaurs are brought to life through dramatic lighting, projected scenery and astounding specimens. The impressive life-size models include feathered dinosaurs from China, as well as a diverse range of carnivore and herbivore dinosaur skulls and skeletons - from the well-known T-Rex to the bizarre Cryolophosaurus discovered in Antarctica.
Fossils are our window into the past. The word ‘fossil’ comes from the Latin word fossus, which means ‘dug up’. This refers to the fact that fossils are the remains of past life preserved in rock, soil or amber. Generally, the remains were once the hard parts of an organism, such as bones and shell although, under exceptional circumstances, soft tissues have also fossilised.
These fossils are at a creek near Pelion Hut. There was an amazing variety, it was fun to see the diversity and complexity.
Day 3 of Overland Track
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Marrakech - souk with fossils from eastern Morocco
WIKI-LINK (Marrakech): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrakech
Great White fossil shark tooth (Carcharodon megalodon), collected at the Texasgulf Aurora Phosphate Mine, Aurora, North Carolina USA.
I see crinoids, brachiopods, and some things I can't identify just yet.
from Devonian sea, Devonian period 355-415 million years ago. found along Lake Michigan surf on the north end of Ludington State Park in May 2016
Gogia spiralis Robison, 1965 - fossil eocrinoid from the Cambrian of Utah, USA.
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Exhibit info.:
This unusual primitive eocrinoid (often called a "dawn crinoid") is characterized by coiled ribbon-like food-gathering brachioles ("arms").
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Classification: Animalia, Echinodermata, Eocrinoidea, Gogiida, Eocrinidae
Stratigraphy: Wheeler Formation, upper Ptychagnostus atavus Interval-zone (= lower Bolaspidella Assemblage-zone), upper Middle Cambrian.
Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed locality in Millard County, western Utah, USA (but probably from the House Range)
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Coprolite from the Miocene of Nebraska, USA. (public display, Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, Nebraska, USA)
Fossil biogenic products are objects produced by ancient organisms. Many paleontologists refer to these as trace fossils, but they really aren't. Examples of fossil biogenic products include eggs, amber (= fossilized tree sap), coprolites (= fossilized feces), and spider silk.
Coprolites are fossilized fecal masses. They range in size from microscopic-sized pellets to moderately sizable dung piles. The most famous attributed examples are “Washington coprolites” from the Miocene Wilkes Formation of Washington State, USA, but these are now considered cololites (intestinal casts). True coprolites are fossilized dung. Thin sections of coprolites often reveal fragments of incompletely digested plant matter or sometimes undigested animal tissue. Coprolite studies can provide information about the diet of ancient organisms, assuming the coprolite maker is known with some specificity (which is often not the case).
This Miocene-aged coprolite is from Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska. The site consists of numerous fossils in a wind-blown deposit of volcanic ash derived from an Idaho volcano.
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From exhibit signage:
Coprolites
These coprolites (fossil dung) were found just below the volcanic ash bed. They are made almost entirely of ground-up bones.
Judging from their size and composition, these no-longer-fragrant feces were probably produced by the extinct bone-crushing dog Aelurodon, a wolf-sized scavernger that patrolled the Ashfall waterhole.
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Stratigraphy: Cap Rock Member, Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group, Miocene, 11-12 Ma
Locality: Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, northeastern Nebraska, USA
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