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This is the state fossil of Illinois.  It's so weird that paleontologists are still arguing over whether it was invertebrate or vertebrate.  This is not helped by the amount of assumptions people make about very ancient organisms based on modern ones.  Remember, back then anything was possible, and not all of it necessarily worked well enough to continue.

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Date: 2025-04-05 10:11 am (UTC)
smolwombat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] smolwombat
It looks a bit like a slug.

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Date: 2025-04-05 12:42 pm (UTC)
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Counterpoint: it looks like a baby Loch Ness Monster. ;-)

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Date: 2025-04-05 02:29 pm (UTC)
smolwombat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] smolwombat
LOL yes, that too. :P

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Date: 2025-04-05 08:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] greghousesgf
I'm from California and I think our state fossil is Reagan....

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Date: 2025-04-05 08:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] eldriwolf
No,the state fossil is one of the Smilidonts.
(S. fatalus, it think) A Sabertooth cat"


Sorry, no mater how famous he
Became,
Ronnie Raygun was a Notorious some time resident.
he was Not a Californian.
Not born here, spent the bulk of his time elsewhere, tried to destroy the state.

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Date: 2025-04-05 08:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] greghousesgf
oh, I hate the son of a bitch, I was making fun of him.

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Date: 2025-04-13 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] see_also_friend
It looks like a funny squid...could it be an early cephelopod?

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