Darwin Glass theropod best known for the Velociraptor

best known for the Velociraptor

Above: The rugged terrain of Putorana Plateau on the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia

This specimen is a split pair fossil plant concretion that was recovered from Mazon Creek in Illinois

and the universe itself

Brittle Stars are one of the oldest groups of animals in the fossil record

Darwin Glass theropod best known for the VelociraptorOver 800,000 years ago, an airburst meteorite over Tasmania lit up the sky. In its wake, a hole in the Earth formed now known as Darwin Crater. The intense force and heat of the explosion shot debris into the sky, where it melted and cooled during flight into a rough natural glass called a tektite. These tektites were launched over 150 square miles and were eventually collected and traded by early human societies. This specimen is a piece of Darwin