Cretaceous Fossils
The pteranodon wing pictured below is only one of the
variety of Cretaceous fossils in this display. There are also shark teeth
and vertebrae, Inoceramus clams, a small slab containing free-swimming
Uintacrinus crinoids, and a plesiosaur flipper. This wing is over
6 feet long. Pteranodons could have a wingspan of up to 25 feet. The fossil
was discovered in the Niobrara Chalk in Gove County, Kansas by the Harlan
family. They have donated several specimens from their collection to the
museum. Other collections in the Cretaceous fossil display are parts of
the Walrafen collection and the collections of Robert Taylor, Jack Meyer
and A.C.Carpenter.
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