Paleontology & Geology August 19, 2011

The Paleontology collection is world-class in terms of Late Triassic (225-200 million years ago) reptiles and amphibians from localities around Amarillo, and Late Cenozoic (10-1 million years ago) mammals from the Texas Panhandle. Specifically, spectacular Triassic fossils represent a 6-foot-long carnivorous salamander-like amphibian called a Metoposaurus and 25- to 40-foot-long crocodilians called Phytosaur.