Ediacaran (=Vendian) period
These fined grained sediments are responsible for the preservation of the trees and other plants
Mammoths would probably weigh in the region of 6-8 tons
Pleisosaur Full Skeleton On Slab from the Jurassic of Glastonbury
(pronounced TAR-bow-SAWR-us)
Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi, skeleton #1 Iguanodon Ediacaran (=Vendian) periodRhamphorhynchus, meaning "beak snout", is a genus of long tailed pterosaurs from the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic diamond shaped vane. The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly