Discoveries of ultra rare fossils found in Wisconsin

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Heard On The Morning Show
Blackberry Hill
Life and death on a 500 million year old tidal flat in Wisconsin. Image by Todd Gass

For more than 150 years it has been a mystery over which were the first animals to move from sea to land. Turns out, those animals came from Wisconsin. We talk with a paleontologist, whose son found the “smoking gun” fossil in Marathon County, about paleontology and impacts of the discovery.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Mackenzie Krumme Producer
  • Maria Lopez Technical Director
  • Kenneth C. Gass Guest

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