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Dunn-Seiler Museum

Dunn-Seiler Museum sticker by Amy Moe-Hoffman from January 2022

Dr. Paul Heaney Dunn (1895-1967)

Photograph of Dr. Paul Heaney Dunn, Head of the Department of Geology and Geography at Mississippi State from 1934-1962

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Mr. Franklin Carl Seiler (1916-1945)

Mr. Franklin Carl Seiler was Instructor of Geology, Department of Geology and Geography from 1937-1944.

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Stratigraphic column showing the Cenozoic formations of North Mississippi (from Roadside Geology of Mississippi, used with permission of the authors)

Stratigraphic column showing the Mesozoic formations of North Mississippi (from Roadside Geology of Mississippi, used with permission of the authors)

Stratigraphic column showing the Paleoozoic formations of North Mississippi (from Roadside Geology of Mississippi, used with permission of the authors)

This chart shows the way geologic time is broken down into smaller spans of time called Eons, Eras, Periods, and Epochs. The top of the chart is current time, labeled as 0 Ma (0 years before present). The bottom of the chart represents the beginning…

Exogyra costata (Say 1871) showing damage to growth lines.

Exogyra costata are commonly found in the Cretaceous strata in northeast Mississippi. This example from the Dunn-Seiler Museum shows damage to the growth lines that were repaired as the creature grew.

Pterocella sp. (Meek 1864) Snail Fossil

(DSM# 10667) Extinct genus - Pterocerella (pelican foot snail) was a highly ornamented detritivore (bottom feeding) species of snail.

Pugnellus densatus (Conrad 1860) Sea Snail Fossil

(DSM# 3257/FK143) An extinct genus of marine snail.

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