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Collectible Fossils Poster |
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E108 Collectible Fossils
Fossil collecting is not limited to museums. It is an
extremely popular hobby. Fossils are artifacts of living
creatures and plants. They are visually fascinating
and many are absolutely beautiful. Educators find
them extremely helpful, as they permit students to
actually see the remains of a long-extinct species.
When a student gets to actually hold an eight-inch
tooth from a huge Megalodon shark, he or she will
never forget the experience. The same holds true with
many other fossils.
This poster shows and explains the fossils that are
most widely available to private collectors. These
include the well-known fish from Wyoming’s Green
River Formation, the famous ferns from St. Clair,
Pennsylvania, the Chesapecten so abundant around
the Chesapeake Bay, and the petrified wood of the
American Southwest. It includes such favorites as
trilobites and coprolite. The latter is petrified dinosaur
dung. Kids love “dinosaur poo poo.”
This poster presents photographs of outstanding
specimens. All are accompanied by an illustration of
the prehistoric species, except where appearance
is unknown due to soft parts not fossilizing. In such
cases, an illustration of a closely related modern
species is presented. Interesting captions provide
information and cite the geological period in which the
species lived. A geological time chart puts everything
in perspective.
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