The fossil geoduck, Panopea oblongata, excavated in living position from the Lower Oligocene age Byram Formation near Vicksburg in Warren County. #FossilFriday @VisitVicksburg

Wolf River. Taken by MDEQ's @EMayeu #waterwednesday

Petrified wood from the Cockfield Fm. found in Tesheva Creek in Yazoo County.
#microscopemonday #geology #Yazoo #Mississippi @VisitYazoo @TheYazooHerald

Giant predatory lizards once swam the seas that covered Mississippi during the reign of the dinosaurs as evidenced by this fossil tooth of Mosasaurus hoffmani in Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) marine deposits of the Owl Creek Formation near New Albany. #FossilFriday

November along the Tenn-Tom outside Columbus. Taken by MDEQ's @rwwilbur #waterwednesday @VisitColumbusMS