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Paleontology in Missouri refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Missouri. The geologic column of Missouri spans all of geologic history from the Precambrian to present with the exception of the Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic. [1] Brachiopods are probably the most common fossils in ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri. Precambrian [ edit ]
This list of the Paleozoic life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Missouri and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age. There is no Permian age rocks on the surface in Missouri, so beware of any fossils identified as such in the state.
Arkansas: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur. [1] District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone ...
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Missouri, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation
The Chronister Dinosaur Site is a fossil site within the McNairy Sand Member of the Ripley Formation, Missouri. Dinosaur fossils are among the known remains from the Chronister Dinosaur Site, most of which are housed in Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution. [1]
The Riverbluff Cave is a paleontological site discovered in the United States, near Springfield, Missouri.The entrance is filled with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. . The cave is about 830,000 years old (making it the oldest known fossil cave site in the US [1]) and 610 m long, featuring Pleistocene fossils, notably of the short-faced bear (Artcodus simus) the largest bear species on ...
Hypsibema missouriensis (/ ˌ h ɪ p s ɪ ˈ b iː m ə m ɪ ˌ z ʊər i ˈ ɛ n s ɪ s /; [1] originally Neosaurus missouriensis, first renamed to Parrosaurus missouriensis, [1] [2] also spelled Hypsibema missouriense [3]) is a species of plant-eating dinosaur in the genus Hypsibema, and the state dinosaur of the U.S. state Missouri.