Fossil Shells (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Fossil Shells

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These Middle Eocene gastropod shells from Texas are just a small sample of the fossils in amateur paleontologist Christopher Garvie's collection. The study leveraged Garvie's fossils to study how past periods of climate change impacted mollusks along the Gulf Coast of the United States.

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Christopher Garvie

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