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White River Bandlands micro-snails from Nebraska


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I just donated hundreds of micro-snails (most 2 to 3 mm) from the White River Badlands, that I picked from anthill matrix from my sons' M&M Ranch in Nebraska, to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.

 

 

A group picture of the micro-snails:

 

 

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Some individual pictures of the micro-snails:

 

 

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A figure from Benton Terry Jr. Evanoff McDonald 2015 The White River Badlands Geology and Paleontology which identifies most of these micro-snails:

 

 

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Marco Sr.

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