The Paleontology of North America

The Tertiary in Rhode Island, US

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See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Tertiary Fossils
Fossil photos from Tertiary in Rhode Island

Paleontology and geology

There are no Tertiary rocks in Rhode Island, as erosion outpaced deposition.
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