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Stonerose Fossils
In a remote corner of Washington, 50-million-year-old plants, insects, and even fish are recorded in stone. These vivid fossils also hold clues to the Pacific Northwest's geologic and biologic past. Learn their story in this feature.

Marine Fossils
Burke Museum paleontologist Dr. Liz Nesbitt teamed up with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center to present this special feature. In this feature you'll meet fossil marine animals and their living relatives.

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Lower jaw of an uncatalogued brontothere
Eocene, ~40 million years old.

Shark tooth (UWBM 84061)
Cretaceous, ~85 million years old.

Unidentified oreodont (UWBM 31910)
Miocene, ~15 million years old.

Molar tooth of a mastodon, Mammut americanum, (UWBM 19223),
Pleistocene, ~1 million years old.

Skull of Hoplophoneus sp. (UWBM 87094)
Oligocene, ~30 million years old.

Closeup of tangential section of fossil conifer wood from central Washington, Approximately 15 million years old.

Ginkgo beckii: Rare fossil Ginkgo wood from Squaw Creek, southeast of Ellensburg, Washington. This wood is from the Miocene Columbia River Basalts; ~15 million years old.

<em>Photinia pagae:</em> A rose-family leaf

Photinia pagae: A rose-family leaf from the Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation exposure at Republic, Washington.
Eocene, ~50 million years old.

<em>Florissantia quilchenensis:</em> Fossil flower

Florissantia quilchenensis: Fossil flower from Republic, Washington.
Eocene, ~50 million years old.

<em>Tsukada davidiafolia:</em> Fossil flower

Tsukada davidiafolia: Fossil flower from From the Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation exposure at Republic, Washington.
Eocene, Approximately 50 million years old.

<em>Spiraea</em> species: Rose-family leaf fossil

Spiraea species: Rose-family leaf fossil from the Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation exposure at Republic, Washington. Approximately 50 million years old.


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