Last week the S-STEM scholars went on a field trip to the AZ Museum of Natural History in Mesa, AZ. We had a blast and took lots of pictures as you can see below. My favorite part was the mineral section, I used to collect all sorts of stones so that exhibit was right up my alley!
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| Leptosuchus was a reptile that lived in the wetlands near the Petrified Forest, and looks like a crocodile BUT it evolved divergently them. |
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| Estemmenosuchus, a mammal-like reptile that is an ancestor to modern crocodiles. |
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| Postosuchus and Placerias are mammal-like reptiles that lived in the Petrified Forest aka the Triassic Forest of Arizona. |
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| Longnose Gar, a living species of fish that exist in the fossil record going back 100-240 million years ago |
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| The Columbian Mammoth and the American Mastodon |
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| Creatures that lived in Arizona when it was still covered in water and their tank-mates... |
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| ...The Symmorium, an ancestor of modern day sharks |
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| This mural represents the journey onto land for various insects such as the giant millipede and the water scorpion |
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| One-toed Hagerman Horse and Jeanette |
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| A type of Quartz crystal |
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| Collection of different types of Quartz crystals |
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| Pentaceratops, like a Triceratops, but has two additional spikes coming from either cheek. |
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