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50-Million-Year-Old Herring |
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This herring, also found in Green River in Wyoming
and dating back to the Eocene (50 million years ago),
possesses a mouth structure unique to surface-feeding
fish. This type of herring has also been found in Cretaceous
strata in South America. Over the last 50 million years,
these fish have undergone no changes at all.
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This
Annularia stellata from the Carboniferous period, 330
million years ago, was unearthed in France. Living
forms of this plant are called horsetails. |
The
first living specimens of this 50-million-year-old
dawn redwood fossil (Metasequoia) were found in British
Colombia in Canada. This specimen is identical to present-day
dawn redwoods. |
This
poplar tree leaf dating back to the Eocene, 50 million
years ago, was found in Green River, Utah. |
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God,
there is no deity but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining.
He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the
heavens and the Earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with
Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them
and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His
knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the
heavens and the Earth and their preservation does not tire
Him.
He is the Most High, the Magnificent.
(Qur’an, 2:255) |
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This
fossil plate found in British Colombia in Canada dates
back to the Eocene (50 million years ago). |
A 50-million-year-old
sumac plant leaf found in Green River, Colorado. |
A plane-tree
(Macginitea) leaf fossil, 55 million years old. |
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A
fossil shrimp frequently encountered in Jurassic marine
strata. This fossil is between 200 and 140 million
years old, and is no different from present-day shrimps. |
A 125-million-year-old
fossil containing different insects. One is a member
of the Neuroptera, or lacewings. There are several
beetles, and a dipteran present as well. |
A 250-
to 270-million-year-old shrimp fossil. Its exoskeleton
consists of a long single-part shell that covers the
entire body. This 5-centimeter-long crustacean is found
widely in today’s oceans. |
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This
fossil fish, discovered near Beskonak in Ankara, Turkey
is some 14 million years old. |
This
species of crab, Harpactocarcinus, lived some 55 to
35 million years ago. This specimen is around 8 centimeters
long. |
A Betula
plant fossil, found in Montana and dating back to the
Paleocene epoch (60 million years ago), is fully three-dimensional. |
This fossil fish, known as a needlefish because of its
shape, was found in the Ramlia Taouz region of Morocco.
At 127 million years of age, it dates back to the Cretaceous
period, and is identical to needlefish of today. |
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