The Stratigraphy and Paleontology Hall displays in chronological order a collection of fossils representing each of the geological eras beginning from the late Precambrian period in China.

Professor Cope estimated then that these fossils dated back to the Precambrian era, but they had not accurately been dated until now. PhD student Anthony Clarke used a method of measuring radioactive ...

“NATURE vibrates with rhythms, climatic and dystrophic, those finding stratigraphic expression ranging In period from the ... The numbers for Precambrian times, which I have added ...

In other words, when, on passing from one rock formation to another, a great change in the fossils ... period of time is indicated by the upheaval and subsequent denudation of the pre-Cambrian ...

The scenes are as diverse as the fossils that can be found in Wyoming. Johnson chose to showcase the ancient landscapes of the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming because it has a record of geological phenomenon ...

Photo credit: William Terrell The Arbuckle Mountains and surrounding area are a geological textbook come to life, with rock formations dating back to the Precambrian era. The limestone cliffs that ...

There was a project quite early on in my undergrad period where I had gone around New York City ... which would be from the Precambrian area. So these cores are considered extremely rare and priceless ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

Therapsids, the ancient relatives of mammals, once roamed Earth in great numbers during the middle to late Permian period.

A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...