Antarctic Palm ussr Display Case: Approximately 1-1

Display Case: Approximately 1-1

containing the oldest known material at 4

These echinoids first appeared in oceans 450 million years ago

000 years ago during the Great Oxygenation Event

" [Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are]

Antarctic Palm ussr Display Case: Approximately 1-1Antarctica was not always the frozen wasteland we see today. 55 million years ago, the continent was a lush forest filled with plants that can still be found below the Antarctic ice in fossil form. This specimen is a fossil palm tree fragment, uncovered during a Soviet expedition to the continent in 1986. It measures between 0. 5 0. 75" and ships in a handsome riker display case with an informational card that serves as statement of authenticity.