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The location of the state of Tennessee. Paleontology in Tennessee refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Tennessee. During the early part of the Paleozoic era, Tennessee was covered by a warm, shallow sea. This sea was home to brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, corals, and trilobites.
List of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee. This list of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
In Tennessee, Prehistoric is generally defined as the time between the appearance of the first people in the region (c. 12,000 BC) and the arrival of the first European explorers (c. 1540 AD). The Historic period begins after the arrival of those Europeans and continues to the present.
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Kockelella †Krausella †Lingulella †Lonchodomas †Marsupiocrinus †Meristella †Meristina †Monomorphichnus †Orthoceras †Ozarkodina †Ozarkodina confluens †Paciphacops; Fossilized theca of the Carboniferous blastoid echinoderm ("sea bud") Pentremites ...
Paleontology in Lebanon. A rock containing Notahomarus sp. (lobster, left), Diplomystus birdii (fish, right), and a partial Dercetis triqueter, Cretaceous Hakel, Lebanon. The paleontological sites of Lebanon contain deposits of well preserved fossils and include some species found nowhere else. Notable among these is the Lebanese lagerstätten ...
The Gray Fossil Site is an Early Pliocene assemblage of fossils dating between 4.5 and 4.9 million years old, located near the community of Gray in Washington County, Tennessee. The site was discovered during road construction on Tennessee State Route 75 by the Tennessee Department of Transportation in May 2000, [1] after which local officials ...
J. M. Stafford. The Carters Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. The Carters contains abundant invertebrate fossils, including corals, stromatoporoids, brachiopods and bryozoans, mollusk (gastropods, bivalves and orthoconic cephalopods) and trilobites. Trace fossils also occur.
The dry environment of the cave resulted in a wealth of well-preserved artifacts that provide a glimpse on how people lived in the area. Lovelock Cave was in use as early as 2580 BC but was not intensively inhabited until around 1000 BC. [1] People occupied Lovelock Cave for over 4,000 years.