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Snails in the Staircase

Snail Fossil embedded in grand staircase
A Fossil of a small invertebrate visible in the walls of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Grand Staircase.

invertebrate fossil in the grand staircase
A small invertebrate visible in the walls of the Grand Staircase.

Everyone in Pittsburgh knows that Carnegie Museum of Natural History is the place to see some amazing fossils. But did you know they’re not just in our famous paleontology and geology halls? If you look carefully at the walls of our Grand Staircase, there are fossils of small invertebrates visible in the walls!

In the photo below, Carnegie Geologist Albert Kollar pointed out a small snail fossil embedded in the stone.

Keep an eye out for them on your next visit!

snail fossil embedded in stone
Carnegie Geologist Albert Kollar points out a small snail fossil embedded in the stone.

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