Tethys Ocean Floor big10-2024 All specimens will have a

All specimens will have a layer of aluminized Kapton foil and a layer of fibrous bulk material

some dating back 40

Similar forces can be seen at work in the gaps and varied densities of the rings of Saturn

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The specimens can be removed from their individual acrylic jars for careful study

Tethys Ocean Floor big10-2024 All specimens will have aThe Tethys Ocean was an ancient sea that emerged out of Pangea in the Triassic period. For millions of years, it was filled with aquatic animals like ammonites, plesiosaurs, and ichthyosaurs. As tectonic plates crashed against each other though, the bedrock of the ocean was lifted thousands of feet above sea level. This brought about the end of the Tethys and created many mountain ranges within Eurasia. This specimen is a piece of oceanic slate from