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Fossil Specimen Photo Gallery

Dosinia clams

Photo: Fossil Gallery, Dosinia clams

Dosinia clams, internal molds with some shell material still adhering. These clams lived a few inches under the surface of the sand. They were a warm-water species, which tells us that Paleoparadoxia and all these other organisms required a more tropical habitat than exists here today.

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