Tag: Oklahoma
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This 288-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Scrap of Skin Is the World’s Oldest
Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the discovery of the old fossilized skin. The specimen belonged to a lizard-like reptile that lived about 288 million years ago during the Permian Period. It was found in a cave near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. This specimen represents the oldest known preserved skin. The previous record was about 130…
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Reminder: ESCONI General Meeting on January 11th, 2019
The speaker at our January ESCONI general meeting will be Dr. Philip Carpenter from NIU. The topic of his talk is Northern Illinois earthquakes, and the recent induced seismicity in Oklahoma and Kansas.
