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Mazon Creek Animals


From Mazon Creek fossils, we learn that insects and other arthropods, and tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) were among the creatures living in Carboniferous forests.

We also find great fossils from the shallow marine bays that bordered the forests at Mazon Creek. These fossils include amazingly well-preserved remains of soft-bodied sea life, such as jellyfish and more unusual sea creatures—Tully monsters.



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