The
Michigan state fossil is Mammut americanum (meaning different lizard),
a Mastodon that roamed North and Central America during the
late Miocene or late Pliocene until their extinction at the end
of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. If I had my way,
I would have picked stromatolites or banded iron, because Michigan
is loaded with it, much dating to the early Proterizoic.
The
Michigan state fossil is Mammut americanum (meaning different lizard),
a Mastodon that roamed North and Central America during the
late Miocene or late Pliocene until their extinction at the end
of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. If I had my way,
I would have picked stromatolites or banded iron, because Michigan
is loaded with it, much dating to the early Proterizoic.
