Angie Bell

Was Michigan Ever Tropical?

During the early part of the Paleozoic Michigan was covered by a shallow tropical sea which was home to a rich invertebrate fauna including brachiopods, corals, crinoids, and trilobites. Primitive armored fishes and sharks were also present. How long ago was Michigan an ocean? Michigan is very fossil rich, especially in the northern Lower Peninsula. …

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