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Carboniferous Mason Creek Biota
Carboniferous Mason Creek Biota
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Dec 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
You may have seen some lovely plant material in dark nodules of siderite or iron carbonate coming from the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds. the Mason Creek Biota are lovely fossil lagerstätte found in northeastern Illinois. These marine and terrestrial fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions that tell the tale of our world some 309 million years ago — back in the Carboniferous.
Released:
Dec 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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