500 Million Years of Natural History in Arkansas by Dr. Joseph Daniel 

Its really unfortunate that most of our fossils are in New York and that we don't have a whole lot of museums here. I never knew we had mammoths and giant sloths here, so it really changes my perspective on this area. We really need more funding in museums, especially with paleontology. Also, very interesting and informative lecture. While I never watched Bob Ross, it had the vibe when I watched it.

I live in the Batesville area and there is a 'mountain' near here called Jamestown Mountain and it is covered with fossils. I have fossils of lots of Crinoids, Brachiopods, Briozoans, and other fossils. I can pick up what looks to be a handful sized rock but it's solid fossils...neat. Yep, Arkansas has a very diverse Geological history. Also, some of the finest Black Marble in the world is found near Batesville...it's pure black..very few impurities in the better layers.

Wish WalMart would fund a Arkansas museum !!!!!!

This was amazing! It's just what I was looking for to get a better understanding of the Geology in Arkansas. I'm in Northwest Arkansas and am glad have learned a bit about why the rocks around here are so interesting. There are lot of little seashell critters in the rocks. My dad has a fascination with nature and says it's from The Flood but it's cool to learn that this place used to be like the bahamas before the dinosaurs existed. He'll find that interesting when I tell him. Knowing this was a sandy beach type area back then makes sense for why there is so much sandstone, limestone, and shale around here. It's cool to think this sandy beach area hardened with time, was just lifted straight up into a mesa formation, and water has simply eroded it into the Ozark Mountains we see today. Part of the erosion into the limestone formed some of the neat caves found in places like Lost Valley near the Buffalo River. I have a new sense and appreciation for the rock layers found in the Ozarks. I hope this splendid idea for an Arkansas Museum of Natural History manifests. Maybe it will be in something closely aligned with Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Lately Northwest Arkansas gives me hope for a renewed appreciation of The Natural State.

If you go to any Creek bank in Mountain View Arkansas. You can pick up fossils all day.

I live in leslie Arkansas and I have found lots of fossilized plants and minerals in the mountains around my house

Great lecture! I've been looking for this specific info for a while now. I would be interested in hearing this speaker in person if you have a schedule to refer to. Thank you.

All the more reason to conclude there's a Supreme Creator! Great presentation..

Science is awesome!

love this website!

I worked at a rock quarry in Hartman, lamar, and Knoxville. I saw alot of mineral deposits and weird fossil like rocks it was pretty cool

I can show you a large dino bone found in the middle of Hwy 71 at Springdale back in the 80's.

I know of a missing link in the education of geologists. They tell us that our planet Earth has the most to fear from an asteroid impact or volcano eruptions. But when we look at the many horizontal layers that we find everywhere on our planet, we clearly see the effect of a repeating cataclysm. These disasters are mentioned in ancient books like the Mahabharata from India and the Popol Vuh from the Mayans and others. They tell us about a cycle of seven disasters that separate the eras from the world. Certainly, regularly recurring global disasters cannot be caused by asteroid impacts or volcanic eruptions. The only possible cause is another celestial body, a planet, orbiting our sun in an eccentric orbit. Then it is close to the sun for a short period and after the crossing at a very high speed it disappears into the universe for a long time. Planet 9 exists, but it seems invisible. These disasters cause a huge tidal wave of seawater that washes over land "above the highest mountains." At the end it covers the earth with a layer of wet mud, a mixture of sand, clay, lime, fossils of marine and terrestrial animals and small and larger meteorites. Forests that existed are flattened and because of the pressure from the layers on top the wood is changed into coal. These disasters also create a cycle of civilizations. To learn much more about the recurring flood cycle, the re-creation of civilizations and its chronology and ancient high technology, read the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: invisible nibiru 9

The "I can see rocks, so there is no God" club. I'll pass

You: Its a real shame that people won't let us reintroduce grey wolves. Me: Offers to drop off an adult male in your backyard, to play with your Little Rock neighborhood kids. Also You: Kill it. KILL IT NOW!!! 😂😂😂 I guess a PhD doesn't assure the mentality/maturity above a 5 year old.

500 million??? Come on!