Traces of Time: Fossils from the Collection
Jul
25
2009
Thru
Oct
24
2010
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
The University of Richmond Museums presents Traces of Time: Fossils from the Collection, on view from July 25, 2009, through October 24, 2010, in the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. The exhibition explores different prehistoric environments through the use of fossil plants and animals from the collection. The specimens show some of the similarities and differences between earlier earth environments and modern ecosystems. Highlights include fossils from the Green River Formation in the United States and the Santana Formation in Brazil. Also included are flora and fauna that were native to what is now Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region, such as the Pliocene scallop Chesapecten jeffersonius.
Traces of Time: Fossils from the Collection
-
Mioplosus consuming Knightia Cope, 1877, and Jordan, 1907 Eocene Epoch (55 to 33 million years ago), Green River Formation, Wyoming, United States Museum purchase, R2009.07.01 -
Xiphactinus audax Leidy, 1870 Coniacian, Cretaceous Period (89 to 85 million years ago), Niobrara Chalk, Kansas, United States Anonymous gift, R0000.42.01 -
Heliobatis radians Marsh, 1877 Eocene Epoch (55 to 33 million years ago), Green River Formation, Wyoming, United States Museum purchase, R2009.05.01 -
Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare, 1822 Jurassic Period (208 to 145 million years ago), Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, England Gift of Samuel A. Dulany Hunter, R1986.02.01