Ammonite Cross Section (with stand) Stilbite The ancient forests of Virgin

The ancient forests of Virgin Valley

As Triceratops lived during the last 3 million years of the Cretaceous Period (145

Stichtite is commonly found alongside Serpentine

Leaves and other fossil plant specimens are unique in their simplicity and beauty

thus transforming the wood into very dense and heavy Ironwood (Olneya Testota)

Ammonite Cross Section (with stand) Stilbite The ancient forests of VirginAmmonites are an extinct group of marine animals in the Cephalopoda class. They are invertebrates and are more closely related to coleoids (squids, octopus, and cuttlefish) than they were to the chambered nautilus, even though they looked much more similar to the later. The name Ammonite was derived from "ammonis cornua," translated to mean Horns of Ammon. Ammon was an Egyptian god that was typically depicted wearing ram horns, whose spiraled shape is