Delaware State Fossil – Belemnite

ContentsLearning Links for Belemnite, the Delaware State FossilBelemnite was named as the official fossil of Delaware on July 2, 1996. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School (Wilmington) third grade Quest students of Kathy Tidball suggested honoring the ancient and noble belemnite as our State fossil. Belemnite fossils can be easily found along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which is where the Quest...

Sabertoothed Cat – California State Fossil

SABERTOOTHED CAT CALIFORNIA STATE FOSSIL Smilodon californicus The carnivorous sabertoothed cats (extinct members of the cat family Felidae) flourished throughout North America from the late Eocene and early Oligocene (40 to 35 million years ago) until the close of the Pleistocene about 11,000 years ago. In California, the cat’s fossilized remains are most abundant at the La Brea Tar Pits (late Pleistocene) in...