Fossils in Schlessman Hall, Denver Public Library Central Branch - Denver, CO
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Outspoken1
N 39° 44.253 W 104° 59.262
13S E 501053 N 4398628
The main entrance is paved with limestone embedded with fossils from Eichstatt, Germany.
Waymark Code: WMHFT6
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2013
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"FOSSILS in Schlessman Hall
Visitors to the Central Library may notice interesting 'pictures' in the limestone floor and walls of Schlessman Hall. Tee delicate 150-million-year-old fossils are from the Jurassic Period.
The fossils were formed when the animals swam into shallow marine lagoons and died from lack of oxygen. Their bodies sank to the bottom and were buried in the limey ooze.
The brimstone use din the Library comes from quarries near Eichstatt, Germany, that have been in operation since Romans occupied the area nearly 2,000 years ago.
See if you can locate examples of the two most common fossils found in the floor and walls of Schlessman Hall or in the stonework outside the building.
AMMONITE - Coiled in shape and related to the chambered nautilus
BELEMNITE - Bullet-shaped relative to the squid and octopus"
(From a flyer available at the Central Library)
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