[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”cretaceous CA” src=”https:\/\/illustratescience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CretaceousCA_copyright.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” \/][et_pb_image admin_label=”moreno conifer” src=”https:\/\/illustratescience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Moreno-conifer_lowres.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n
“Cretaceous California” is a view of the terrestrial-marine interface of the Moreno Shale region, covered in shallow seas during the Cretaceous period. It features flora and fauna found in the fossil record, including\u00a0Margeriella Cretacea<\/em>, the extinct Moreno Conifer.\u00a0I accompanied a BLM crew and expert paleontologists on an excavation of fossil remains that were later identified as a mososaur.<\/p>\n This piece served as an engaging focal point for numerous applications: Published on the BLM website, on-site interpretive panels for the general public, this piece also visited the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in an educational exhibit featuring the history of fossil-finding in the Moreno Shale region.<\/p>\n Below are three detailed illustrations of the extinct Moreno conifer, Margeriella cretacea<\/em>: a full view, a close-up of a branch tip with needles 12 inches long, and a black and white magnified view of scales and cross-section of a single needle.<\/p>\n Copyright Bureau of Land Management<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"