I'm growing some "living fossils," ginko and metasequoia seedlings, to plant on Earth Day, 22 April 2010, giving the gift of life, a nod to paleontology and a cleaner, kinder atmosphere for all the creatures on Earth. I'll take pictures and keep you updated on how the wee fellows are doing.
EARTH DAY | 22 APRIL 2010 GET INSPIRED | BE CREATIVE
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Some 270 million plus years ago, had one wanted to buy waterfront property in what is now British Columbia, you’d be looking somewhere between Prince George and the Alberta border. The rest of the province had yet to arrive but would be made up of over twenty major terranes from around the Pacific.
More than a 100 groups of mammals have been found in the early Miocene (37 – 20 mya) John Day Formation near Kimberly, Oregon. I'm planning a field trip this July to collect in the fossiliferous strata that have yielded beautifully preserved speciments of many of the animals we see domesticated today. Dogs, cats, swine and horses are common.