Fossils with "the Personal Touch"
We all appreciate a picture of a fossil with a scale.
It shows length/width and it's scientific. However, even
with the scale, it really doesn't give us a true sense of
size and shape. The sense of touch is essential to the
learning experience.
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Mastodon tooth (left)
Mammoth tooth (right)
(Pleistocene)
Horn Coral (Mississippian)
Hapsiphyllum cassedayi
Gastropod
(Pennsylvanian)
Jedria sp.
Receptaculites (Ordovician)
Commonly known as a sunflower coral.
However, it is not a coral.
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