Kansas City Millions of Years Ago: What the Rock Record Tells Us
(March 1 – May 31, 2013) What Did Kansas City Look Like 300
Million Years Ago? KANSAS CITY, Mo. – February 25, 2013 –
Welcome to Kansas City, a vast shallow sea teeming with
primitive forms of life… Kansas City has come a long way since
those days – about 300 million years ago. A study of the rocks
beneath our feet reveals the existence of ancient seas, swamp-
like forests, and continental glaciers – as well as the skeletal
remains of a vast array of extinct creatures entombed in the
rock, and recovered as fossils. These clues to our past and
other historic evidence can be seen in an exhibit entitled
“Kansas City Millions of Years Ago: What the Rock Record Tells
Us” at the The Box Gallery. Located inside Commerce Bank, 1000
Walnut Street, the show will open with a reception on Friday,
March 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dr. Richard Gentile, professor
emeritus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and curator
of the UMKC Geosciences Museum, will b