City of Mesa, AZ

Origins

Life on Earth, 325 million years ago.
Life on Earth, 325 million years ago.
GEO86500_036d, http://fieldmuseum.org
 

Earth 300 million years ago (Pennsylvanian).
Earth 300 million years ago (Pennsylvanian).
Ron Blakey, Colorado Plateau Geosystems, http://cpgeosystems.com/

 


Visitors in the Age of Dinosaurs

Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, 270 million years ago.
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, 270 million years ago.

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelley, Arizona, 270 million years ago.
Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelley, Arizona, 270 million years ago.

Earth 260 million years ago (Late Permian).
Earth 260 million years ago (Late Permian).
Ron Blakey, Colorado Plateau Geosystems, http://cpgeosystems.com/
 

Triassic Landscape, 225 million years ago.
Triassic Landscape, 225 million years ago.
© Karen Carr, www.karencarr.com



The Painted Desert, Arizona, 225 million years ago.
The Painted Desert, Arizona, 225 million years ago.
National Park Service photo.

Earth 150 million years ago (Late Jurassic).
Earth 150 million years ago (Late Jurassic).
Ron Blakey, Colorado Plateau Geosystems, http://cpgeosystems.com/

 

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53 N. Macdonald
Mesa, AZ 85201

(One block north of Main Street in downtown Mesa. Take US 60 or 202 to Country Club Drive, go to Main Street, and proceed one-half mile east to Macdonald) - View Map

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