Tethys Ocean Floor earlylife and Hanford

and Hanford

with their intricate skeletons still clearly visible

Fossil Lake was the smallest of the three major lakes in the Green River formation

MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE (Zagami)

Tethys Ocean Floor earlylife and HanfordThe 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