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Charleston Museum

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America's First Museum, est 1773. Its mission is to preserve & interpret Cultural and Natural history of Charleston and the SC Lowcountry

Charleston, South Carolina Katılım Haziran 2009
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Vertebrate paleontologists specialize in animal with backbones, like reptiles and mammals. The Charleston Museum has a wide variety of fossil organisms on display, both plant and animal, but specializes in the marine organisms that would have been found in the Lowcountry.
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For example, paleobotanists study plants however some may specialize even further into just studying ferns. The same can be said for paleontologists who study animals. Invertebrate paleontologists focus more on animals lacking a backbone, like mollusks or insects.
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Paleontology is the study of fossils. While most people think of dinosaurs, the diversity of different organisms that paleontologists could study is much wider. Many paleontologists tend to specialize in particular groups. #NationalFossilDay #mychasmuseum
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Found a fossil tooth in a sinkhole 🧐 Is it a Megalodon tooth? P.S. @CityCharleston you have a sinkhole near Waterfront Park 😉 Cc @chasmuseum
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However, even more interesting than large teeth are those that have unique characteristics. This C. angustidens tooth has a deformity that cause it to “twin”, essentially forming two teeth when there should have only been one. 2/2
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Shark teeth are commonly found on beaches and in riverbeds in the Lowcountry. The most prized teeth among collectors are often the giant teeth left behind by Carcharocles (Otodus) angustidens and Carcharocles (Otodus) megalodon. #sharkweek #fossils #sharks #paleontology 1/2
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This suggests that approximately 23 to 26 million years ago that the Charleston area would have been a nursery for this species of shark. A juvenile tooth can be seen on the left, whereas an adult tooth is on the right. 4/5
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Two Saurornitholeses teeth and a single claw (seen in the first post) are on display in the Museum’s Bunting Natural History Gallery. #ondisplay #onexhibit
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Hadrosaurs are typically thought to have been herbivores. However, recent studies of their coprolites have shown that some may have also consumed shellfish. Most of the hadrosaur fossils found in SC are fragmentary, so it is unknown which particular species inhabited the area.
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#FossilFriday - Hadrosaurs, aka duck-billed dinosaurs, would have been found in upstate South Carolina 86 - 66 million years ago. A hadrosaur leg bone (top middle), a jaw fragment (bottom left), and a tooth (bottom right) are currently on display in the Museum. #mychasmuseum
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