# @nationalparktrust on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjnf6c3r0Z0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17569938-nationalparktrust-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/21713cfef4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-10-12T14:33:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Trust (@nationalparktrust) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparktrust

## Caption

Why did the paleontologists fall in love with the fossil? They were Carbon dating.🦕🦴

Today is #NationalFossilDay - an annual celebration highlighting paleontology's scientific and educational value and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations. 

📸: NationalParkService - A fossil of Diplomystus, an extinct genus of freshwater fish related to modern-day herrings and sardines. Found in FossilButteNPS, WY.

#Paleontology #Fossils

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fossils, nationalfossilday, paleontology

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