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25 wrz 2024 · Experience the geology, wildlife, scenery, and wide open spaces of Fossil Butte by hiking the trails, dirt roads or taking the scenic drive.
Fossil Butte National Monument preserves the best paleontological record of Cenozoic aquatic communities in North America and possibly the world, within the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation — the ancient lake bed.
26 mar 2024 · Learn how fossils are found and prepared and about the geology of the area.
Fossil Butte is the site of a 50-million-year-old lakebed from the Eocene Epoch within the Green River Formation. Dubbed “America’s Aquarium in Stone” by the National Park Service, Fossil Butte is exceptional because it has many well-preserved fossils, especially those of aquatic animals.
9 mar 2018 · The national monument preserves North America’s and possibly the world’s best paleontological record of Cainozoic aquatic communities of 50 million-year-old ancient lake bed. Some of the fossils include insects, alligators, horses the size of dogs, turtles, and bats among many other plant and animal species.
Fossil Butte National Monument preserves the best paleontological record of Cenozoic aquatic communities in North America and possibly the world, within the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation — the ancient lake bed.
