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The Saltville Valley today is located in the valley and ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains near southwest Virginia. [1] The valley is shaped like a scalene triangle, and it measures in elevation 1740’/530 m above sea level, 8000’/2.4 km lengthwise, and 2750’/0.84 km at its greatest width.
Local marine invertebrates, sharks, and whales were preserved. During the Ice Age, Virginia was home to mastodons. During the late 18th century, Thomas Jefferson directed his scholarly attention to local fossils. Dinosaur tracks were discovered at Oak Hill in the 1920s. The scallop Chesapecten jeffersonius is the Virginia state fossil.
Life restoration of the Oligocene-Miocene shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon †Squalodon †Squalodon calvertensis; Squalus; Squatina †Stenotrema †Stenotrema hirsutum; Stewartia; Storeria †Striatolamia; Strioterebrum; Shell of a Strobilops land snail Strobilops; Strombiformis; Sturnella – or unidentified comparable form; Sveltia – or ...
Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,447 ft (441 m) Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,562 ft (476 m) 38°50′19″N 77°57′10″W / 38.8387°N 77.9528°W / 38.8387; -77.9528 ( Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain
Fortunately, the "Roadshow" appraiser was able to confirm the tooth is close to 200 years old, and it's been in the owner's possession since the 1920s, so the piece is good for business!
Acanthocrania † Acanthoparypha – type locality for genus † Acanthoparypha chiropyga – type locality for species † Acanthoparypha perforata – type locality for species † Acmarhachis † Acmarhachis acuta † Adiantities † Adiantities spectabilis † Aechimina † Agassizocrinus † Agassizocrinus ovalis – or unidentified comparable form † Allorisma † Ambocoelia ...
An almost complete skeleton of a Cretaceous shark has been uncovered in Mexico. The find sheds light on what the prehistoric relative of the great white looked like.
Most of the newly discovered carvings date to between the 12th and 13th centuries, archaeologists said. They portray different things, but many include “complicated geometric shapes.”