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3 unusual facts about Paleontology in South Dakota


Paleontology in South Dakota

Only a few plant specimens were discovered, but these included fossil hackberry seeds and petrified wood.

Similar fossils have been put forward as evidence of live birth in other types of marine reptiles.

The Blackfeet engaged in regular trade with the Cliff Dweller and Navajo peoples of the southwest, which may explain how the fossil ended up so far from its place of origin.



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