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.
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05/16/2006 1:19:46 PM PDT by
texas_mrs
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Interesting. Thanks for the post.
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05/16/2006 1:21:29 PM PDT by
TXBubba
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05/16/2006 1:25:19 PM PDT by
Salamander
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Global warming. Bush's fault.
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05/16/2006 2:02:54 PM PDT by
Buck W.
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To: texas_mrs
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.
To: texas_mrs
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 !
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05/16/2006 2:23:50 PM PDT by
Red Boots
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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.
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05/16/2006 2:51:39 PM PDT by
The Great RJ
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Thanks for the post.
Ping
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05/16/2006 2:55:10 PM PDT by
wizr
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Countdown to the post of Helen Thomas' picture 3...2....1
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