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Fossil Butte National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Some of the world's best preserved fossils are found in the flat-topped ridges of southwestern Wyoming's cold sagebrush desert. Fossilized fish, insects, plants, reptiles, birds, and mammals are exceptional for their abundance, variety, and detail of preservation. Most remarkable is the story they t...
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Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
A trip to Fossil Butte National Monument is a splendid choice when you have to get out. A beautiful lake like Naughton Ash Pond Number 2 near Fossil Butte National Monument is a delightful place to have a look at; camping is available at Foothills RV Park. A nice location to camp here at Fossil Butt...
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Fossil Butte National Monument Kemmerer, Wyoming (National Parks)
contain deposits of the fossils of freshwater fish that were alive 50 million years ago. The formation is one of the world's largest of its kind. A self-guided hike, 2.5 miles long, leads to a historic fossil quarry. Another trail takes visitors through a majestic Aspen tree grove. Ranger-guided hik...
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Earth Science and Natural Science Travel Journal - Travel Journal - Fossil Butte National Monument - Kemmerer, Wyoming
Fossil Butte is located on Highway 30, several miles west of the town of Kemmerer in southwest Wyoming. The monument was created to preserve rich fossil deposits from an Eocene lakebed, approximately 50 million years old. Outside of the boundaries of the monument, there are still several active comm...
evolvingearth.org
fossil butte national monument - kemmerer outdoors - gusto
About 22 miles from the mining town of Kemmerer near State Route 30 is Fossil Butte National Monument. More than 50 million years ago, sea creatures lived in subtropical conditions around the lake. Fossilized fish, crocodiles, stingrays, and birds have been found in the lake’s limestone bed. T...
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GORP - Fossil Butte National Monument - Wyoming
What events led to the preservation of so much of Fossil Lake's life as fossils? No one knows for sure, but after careful study scientists have developed theories to explain the process. One essential ingredient for preservation, they believe, was rapid burial in calcium carbonate, which precipitate...
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