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The salt lick, or lick, as it is more generally known locally, and its fossil deposits, were long known to the original inhabitants of the area. [12] [13] The area was named after the extraordinarily large bones, including those of mammoths and mastodons, found in the swamps around the salt lick frequented by animals, who need salt in their ...
Arctovish, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Dracozolt are a quartet of species of fictional creatures called Pokémon created for the Pokémon media franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the Japanese franchise began in 1996 with the video games Pokémon Red and Green for the Game Boy, which were later released in North America as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. [5]
Fossil preparation is a complex of tasks that can include excavating, revealing, conserving, and replicating the ancient remains and traces of organisms. It is an integral part of the science of paleontology, of museum exhibition, and the preservation of fossils held in the public trust.
The Chagrin Shale is found in north-central and northeastern Ohio, and in northwestern Pennsylvania. [7] The Chagrin Shale reaches a maximum thickness of 1,200 feet (370 m) in eastern Ohio. [7] In Ohio, the Chagrin Shale is thin in the west, [2] [3] and thickens as it proceeds east. [7] The Chagrin Shale also extends south into West Virginia. [9]
The Hamilton Group is a Devonian-age geological group which is located in the Appalachian region of the United States.It is present in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, northwestern Virginia and Ontario, Canada, [1] [2] and is mainly composed of marine shale with some sandstone.
Sheriden Cave is a Paleo-Indian archaeological site from the late Ice age in Wyandot County, Ohio. [1] Glacial deposits sealed off the cave more than 10,000 years ago. Sheriden Cave is a karst sinkhole on a dolomite ridge that crosses Hancock and Wyandot
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived. The predator, which was larger than a person, likely used ...
No Precambrian fossils are known from Ohio, so the state's fossils record does not start until the Cambrian Period. [2] During the later part of the period, Ohio was covered in seawater and located 10 degrees south of the equator. By the end of the Cambrian the sea was shallow and the climate dry. Although marine life was diverse during the ...