CATERPILLAR

Caterpillar Age: 300 million years old
Caterpillar Size: 50 millimeters (1.9 in); matrix: 58 millimeters (2.2 in) by 33 millimeters (1.2 in)
Caterpillar Location: Morris, (Mazon Creek), Illinois
Caterpillar Formation: Francis Creek Shale
Caterpillar Period: Pennsylvanian

Caterpillar Fossil: Pictured is an approximately 300-million-year-old caterpillar fossil. This and other caterpillars that lived 300 million years ago display not the slightest difference from today's caterpillars. Like all other living beings, caterpillars too did not evolve, but were created.

CATERPILLAR Age: 300 million years old Size: 50 millimeters (1.9 in); matrix: 58 millimeters (2.2 in) by 33 millimeters (1.2 in) Location: Morris, (Mazon Creek), Illinois Formation: Francis Creek Shale Period: Pennsylvanian ..... More GARFISH Age: 54 to 37 million years old Size: 39 centimeters (15.3 in) in length; matrix: 29 centimeters (11 in) by 40 centimeters (15 in) Location: Lincoln County, Wyoming Formation: Green River Formation Period: Eocene ..... More STINGRAY Age: 54 to 37 million years old Size: 8 centimeters (3.2 in) by 3.8 centimeters (1.5 in); matrix: 12.7 centimeters (5 in) by 10 centimeters (4 in) Location: Lincoln County, Wyoming Period: Eocene ..... More

INTRODUCTION Some 150 years ago, the British naturalist Charles Darwin proposed a theory based on various observations made during his travels, but which could not be supported by any subsequent scientific findings. In essence, his theory of evolution consisted of various scenarios, ...More WHAT IS A FOSSIL? In the broadest definition, a fossil is the remains of a living thing that lived long ago and that has survived down to the present day by being preserved under natural conditions. The fossils that come down to us are parts of an organism, or remains left behind when the living thing concerned was still alive ...More