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Oklahoma was a terrestrial environment for most of the ensuing Mesozoic era. [3] The Late Triassic Dockum Group of western Oklahoma preserved remains of archosaurs and temnospondyls, although its fossil record is restricted to a narrow region of the panhandle and is far sparser than the equivalent records in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. [98]
In 1987, the Oklahoma Legislature and governor approved a law (70 OK Stat §70-3309.1) that designated the Stovall Museum as the official Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In the early 1990s, a group of concerned citizens in Norman, Oklahoma , began to lobby for a new museum facility to better care for the state’s collection of natural and ...
Palaeopropithecidae, a family of extinct lemurs, which are most likely related to the family Indriidae due to their morphology, have many similarities to sloths due to their appearance and behaviour, such as long arms, hooked fingers, and slow moving, giving them the nickname "sloth-lemurs".
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These happen a couple times a month from the first foray for morels and other spring mushrooms at Kankakee River State Park in late April or early May, [6] until the September foray to gather displays for the Annual Mushroom Show. [7] The free public show is every year during Labor Day weekend at the Chicago Botanic Garden. [8] [7] [9]
Madder, cochineal, Mauveine; these words may be unfamiliar but they’re the names of dyes made from a plant, an insect and a chemical that have shaped our world.
The Domebo site (also referred to as Domebo Canyon) is located in the west-central region of Oklahoma known as Caddo County. Caddo County has more than 451 archaeological sites. One hundred and fifteen of those sites date to the Plains Village era (A.D. 1000 to 1500). [3] In contrast, the Domebo site dates to approximately 11,000 years ago.
A beautiful home in a historic Oklahoma neighborhood. In the late 1970s, a well-meaning homeowner in a small Oklahoma town tacked a plaque at his front door declaring his property’s unimportant ...