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Ammonite fossil in Washington DC office building

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 2011 (approx.)
A smiling woman crouching down on a tile floor points to a fossil that is embedded within one of the tiles.
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Susan Russell-Robinson points out a fossil ammonite in the limestone floor tiles of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. She was there for a tour and ceremony in which she and other members of DOI’s Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes Activities team received the 2011 Secretary’s Partners in Conservation Award.

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Public Domain.