Ancient Sea Life in Grayson County

The Sherman Museum Lunch N’ Learn – Ancient Sea Life in Grayson County

Ancient Sea Life in Grayson County  presented by Dr. Kim Snipes.  During the Mesozoic era, often referred to as the age of dinosaurs, the area that would become the Red River valley was where the North American inland seaway met the base of the mountains of Southern Oklahoma.  Grayson County was mostly covered in a shallow sea full of an incredible amount of marine life.  If you live near the Red River, you may have encountered fossil oysters and clams in your back yard.  Where freshwater runoff from the mountains mixed with the salt water of the seaway, highly productive marshes grew up.  In these wetlands terrestrial animals hunted for food.  One species of predators went on the become famous.  The incredibly complete and beautiful fossil ammonite on display at the Smithsonian was discovered near Denison.

North Central Texas has long been a hot spot of paleontology.  Come join us and Kim Snipes, a biologist at Austin College and a lifelong paleontological enthusiast, for a lunch-time conversation about the ancient history of life in Grayson County.

Lunch N’ Learn is held in the community Room, Sherman Museum.  Bring your own lunch. The Museum Board provides chips, water and cookies.