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The Ashfall Story
U of Nebraska State Museum & Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ^
| 2010
| Dr. Mike Voorhies
Posted on 05/10/2010 4:23:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Neohipparion affine, Slender 3-toed horse
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Dr. Mike Voorhies: Although not evidence of ancient hostility, there is another example of intertwined fossil skeletons you might be interested in. It's on display at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Park here in Nebraska, where I am writing this. A female three-toed horse (Neohipparion affine) has the skeleton of a colt of the same species (almost certainly her own offspring) sheltered between her legs. These two skeletons are part of a mass-death assemblage of 12 million-year-old animals killed and buried by volcanic ash. |
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:23:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
Another death assemblage:
Whole communities of ape-like creatures may have been killed in volcanic disasters that struck East Africa 18 million years ago... the once active volcano Kisingiri... contained fossils of what is believed to be a forerunner of humans called Proconsul... they may have been caught by a pyroclastic flow... the abundance of the hominoid fossils may represent "death assemblages" -- whole populations wiped out simultaneously by "glowing cloud" eruptions.
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:24:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:26:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
ASH ALERT!
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:32:38 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: null and void
* * * ASH ALERT* * *
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:33:50 PM PDT
by
OwenKellogg
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: SunkenCiv
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:38:23 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: null and void
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:39:00 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(There is no truth to the rumor that Ted Kennedy was buried at sea.....)
To: OwenKellogg
Ummmm, nope, not me, uh, never, wasn’t there, you can’t prove it, nobody saw me....
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:41:19 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: MikefromOhio
Troll from before your time. Heck, I barely remember him.
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:42:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: null and void; fanfan; All
Nully!! Say it isn’t SO!!
I was with you at the time! Remember? You graced me with chocolate, strawberries and champagne and we had such a wonderful night! How could anyone accuse you of being less than stalwart, honorable and handsome??? Not to mention trustworthy, clean, loyal, brave, thrifty and reverent?
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:46:20 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
To: OwenKellogg; null and void
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:49:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: OwenKellogg
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:50:24 PM PDT
by
frankenMonkey
(I can see November from my window...)
To: Monkey Face
I was taking a shower, and I have witnesses...
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:55:08 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Monkey Face
Not only do I remember I still have the pictures...
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:58:56 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: null and void
One of the plusses of being married to an African-American is that I save a fortune on chocolate.
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:19:14 PM PDT
by
Grut
To: SunkenCiv
" Most of the animals which lived here survived the actual ashfall, but as they continued to graze on the ash covered grasses, their lungs began to fill up with the abrasive powder. Soon their lungs became severely damaged and they began to die. "
Sort of like fiber glass or glass powder....
I guess the next big volcano will give the liberals a reason to ban smoking everywhere.
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:22:37 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
To: null and void
That was a GOOD night, Nully...nothing was void...and that was my best side...you ROCK!
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:27:23 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
To: null and void
And one of those witnesses was....*drum roll, please!* ME!!!
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:28:24 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
To: Monkey Face
Awwwwwwwwww I'm *blushing*
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:28:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: SunkenCiv; null and void
Civvy...life is good, yes? And chocolate RULES! (It doesn’t hurt to have strawberries and champagne as a backup.)
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posted on
05/10/2010 5:31:47 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for my army hero grandson, and for the intrepid CG explorer!)
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