Small Fossilized Snails (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Small Fossilized Snails

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These are fossilized snail shells from the time period directly following the end-Permian extinction. The 20 cent Euro coin is for scale.

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William Foster/The University of Texas at Austin.

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