[texas_mrs]

Paleontologists work among some of the hundreds of fossilized skeletons at Nebraska's Ashfall Fossil Beds. The site was recently declared a national natural landmark, the first such landmark to be designated in almost two decades.

[TXBubba]

Interesting. Thanks for the post.

[Salamander]

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[Buck W.]

Global warming. Bush's fault.
(Somebody had to say it.)

[Right Wing Professor]

This site is hard to get to, but if you're ever in NE Nebraska, it's well worth a visit. In the 'rhino barn' alone here are literally dozens of perfectly preserved skeletons, including pregnant rhinos with babies inside them, and nursing rhinos with their offsprting close by. Stunning.

[Red Boots]

Many of these animals are subtropical or tropical, which shows how different our environment was in this area 12 million years ago," said Rick Otto, the superintendent of the park.

Gasp ! It seems that there's been global COOLING since then !

[The Great RJ]

I visited this site two years ago and it is amazing the level of preservation from the ash. While you are in the area you can also see a similar find of wooly mammoths in Hot Springs, South Dakota. LINK

[wizr]

Thanks for the post.

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[Lekker 1]

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[SunkenCiv]

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