Record #:

4552

Author(s):

Smith, Pam

Abstract:

For those who enjoy taking a step back through time, the new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh is a treasure trove of fossils collected along the North Carolina coast, coastal plain, and Piedmont. Included in the collection are a rare 500-million-year-old Pteridinum carolinaense, one of only seven found worldwide and the only one on exhibit; a 110-million-year-old dinosaur; and a rare right whale.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2000, p26-27, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Dinosaurs; Fossils--Collection and preservation--Raleigh