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Gallery 5 – Devonian (Mitchell Park, 23rd and S St., N.W.)

Posted onNovember 5, 2016December 26, 2016Leave a comment

Introduction About the Fossils About Brachiopods How the Brachiopods Came to 23rd and S St., N.W. Acknowledgments and Sources Introduction Not far from D.C.’s busy and often loud Dupont Circle neighborhood, a change of pace Learn More …

CategoriesDevonian

Gallery 4 – Ordovician (and Mississippian, The National Gallery of Art, West Wing)

Posted onOctober 29, 2016December 22, 2016Leave a comment

Introduction Fossils of the Holston Formation About Nautiloids The Holston Formation’s Paleoecology and Use as a Building Stone Mississippian Fossils Introduction The Fossils Nature and Paleoenvironment of the Bangor Limestone Limestone Identification in Blue and Learn More …

CategoriesMississippian, Ordovician

Gallery 3 – Ordovician (Arts and Industries Building)

Posted onOctober 29, 2016December 22, 2016Leave a comment

Introduction The Fossils Paleoecology of the Crown Point Formation Resolution of Recent Uncertainties Regarding the Fossil Display Acknowledgments and Sources Introduction On the south side of the Mall, between the grey cylinder of the Hirshhorn Learn More …

CategoriesOrdovician

Gallery 2 – Ordovician (National Museum of the American Indian)

Posted onOctober 28, 2016December 22, 20161 Comment

Stand at the foot of Capitol Hill and look westward from the intersection of Maryland Ave. and 3rd St., S.W. The National Museum of the American Indian looms ahead, like a massive natural stone formation Learn More …

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