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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.

This map shows which parts of North America were inundated with water during the Cretaceous Period.

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…

Portrait of Leontyne Price.

Signature of Cicero Mitchell, from an 1871 letter to Governor Alcorn.