Monday, May 1, 2023

03 Paleo Midway LS AGS

  • Photo
  • Lidar Scan

  • ERA: Cenozoic
  • Period: Tertiary
  • Epoch: Paleocene (wiki, alpha)
  • Age: 66-56 million years ago
  • Formation: Midway Group
  • Lithology: Limestone
  • Original location: 34.745302,-92.290832 
  • Donor organization: On permanent loan from Arkansas Geological Survey
  • Donor contact: Scott Ausbrooks / Angela Chandler
  • Financial support: 
    • Hogback Exploration (Gerry Lundy)
  • Note: Cylindrical core specimen collected from AR state capital site. Representative specimen of fossiliferous, buggy limestone from shortly after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary that famously is marked by a large asteroid impact with global iridium layer and resulting mass extinction (including the dinosaur group). 

03 Paleo Midway LS AGS

Photo Lidar Scan ERA: Cenozoic Period: Tertiary Epoch: Paleocene ( wiki , alpha ) Age: 66-56 million years ago Formation: Midway Group Litho...