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)
Age: Pleistocene
Adult Mastodon tooth (Rear upper skull tooth)
Age: Pleistocene
Hapsiphyllum cassedayi
Horn Coral
Age: Mississippian
Jedria sp.
Gastropod
Age: Pennsylvanian
Receptaculites
Age: Ordovician
Commonly known as a sunflower coral. However, it is not a coral.
Theodossia hungerfordi
Brachiopod
Age: Devonian
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Produced by: Barry Sutton, Alexander Davydov and Tom Yancey
This website is presented to showcase Carboniferous fossils of the
Moscow region of Russia; an area that is world famous for beautifully
preserved fossils.
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Language
separates us ... Pictures bring us together
Alexander Davydov (Moscow, Russia)
Barry Sutton (St. Louis, Missouri - USA)
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This
web site is dedicated to my Dad. He taught me to be
curious, research the unknown, network to find help or the
answers and never be embarrassed to say ... "I don't know."