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Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines

Arnold J. Bloom

Web Topic 2.4 High-quality Fossils in Black Shale Rock

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(Top) The fossil wing of Megatypus schucherti, a dragonfly precursor that lived during the Cretaceous period, preserved in black shale from a quarry in Elmo, Kansas. (Bottom) The smaller wing of a modern dragonfly, Anax junius.

(Courtesy of Roy J. Beckemeyer.)

 

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