Alabama’s ancient coal swamps were a hot, sticky mess of giant trees and massive insects2021 1. Ancient Alabama once had mountains taller than Everest 2. Hunting for Appalachiosaurus, apex predator of ancient Alabama 3. Stunning White Cilffs of Alabama hint at the forces that shaped the Black Belt 4. Alabama’s Little River Canyon shows how ancient forces shaped the state 5. Hunting the largest shark ever in ancient Alabama 6. 84 million years ago, a massive meteorite strikes ancient Alabama 7. Birmingham became the Magic City thanks to an ancient bacteria 8. Alabama’s ancient coal swamps were a hot, sticky mess of giant trees and massive insects 9. Vast network of Alabama caves reveals hidden fossils, endangered ecosystem 10. Alabama Black Belt among world’s top sites to find ancient sea monsters 11. Wooly mammoths, sabertooth cats and more roamed Alabama in the last ice age 12. McWane Science Center helps discover 40-million-year-old fossil shark speciesShare This Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Related Posts Two new plioplatecarpine mosasaurs (Mosasauridae; Plioplatecarpinae) of the genus Ectenosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America A teen was hunting for fossils. She found a 34 million-year-old whale skull. Alabama scientist leads study revealing hidden secrets of Atlantic sharpnose sharks
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