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Sea turtle fossils are also commonly found in the Cretaceous rocks of Alabama and in 2018, a new species of Peritresius was named based on Alabama fossils. [11] Areas of Alabama not covered by seawater were home to subtropical forests. [1] Armored and duckbilled dinosaurs inhabited the state, as did tyrannosauroids.
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Eotrachodon †Eotrachodon – type locality for genus †Eotrachodon orientalis – type locality for species †Epitonium †Epitonium sillimani †Eulima †Eulima gracilistylis †Eulima monmouthensis †Euspira †Eutrephoceras †Exogyra †Exogyra costata †Exogyra ponderosa ...
This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Appalachia. During the Late Cretaceous period, the Western Interior Seaway divided the continent of North America into two landmasses; one in the west named Laramidia and Appalachia in the east. Since they were separated from each other, the dinosaur faunas on each of them were ...
The asteroid that killed most dinosaurs 66 million years ago left behind traces of its own origin. Researchers think they know where the Chicxulub impactor came from based on levels of ruthenium.
Whether volcanic activity played a major role in the dinosaur extinction remains up for debate, but the German researchers did find evidence to rule out that the impactor could have been an icy comet.
The asteroid responsible for our last mass extinction 66 million years ago — wiping out the dinosaurs — originated from the far reaches of our solar system, unlike most asteroids that have ...
The Alabama Museum of Natural History is the state's natural history museum, located in Smith Hall at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The oldest museum in the state, it was founded in 1831. The exhibits depict the natural diversity of Alabama from the Age of Dinosaurs, the Coal Age, and the Ice Age.
The first large-scale scientific excavations of the site began in 1929 by Walter B. Jones, director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, and the archaeologist David L. DeJarnette. [8] During the 1930s, Jones used some workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps for excavation as well as stabilization of the mounds.