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Wyoming first became a hotspot for dinosaur research in the 1870s with the discovery of the dinosaurs preserved in the Morrison Formation. By the early 20th century, hundreds of tons of dinosaur fossils had been excavated from Wyoming. The Eocene fish Knightia is the Wyoming state fossil. Triceratops is the state dinosaur of Wyoming.
In addition to the major significance of dinosaur discoveries at Como Bluff, the site has also been the source of significant early mammal fossils. In early 1878, Marsh was ecstatic to find that one of his men had uncovered a fossil from a Jurassic mammal. Within a year, the historic Quarry 9 at Como was discovered, producing an astounding 250 ...
Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Wyoming, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation ...
Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite is an assemblage of fossil dinosaur footprints on public land near Shell, in Big Horn County, Wyoming. [ 1 ] They were discovered in 1997 by Erik P. Kvale, a research geologist from the Indiana Geological Survey .
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils.Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
Natural Trap Cave is a pit cave in the Bighorn Mountains, in northern Wyoming, United States.Excavations in the cave are an important source of paleontological information on the North American Late Pleistocene, due to a rich layer of fossils from animals that became trapped in the cave.
Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites †Zamites †Zamites arcticus †Zamites borealis †Zamites brevipennis †Zapsalis – or unidentified comparable form †Zephyrosaurus – or unidentified comparable form †Zofiabaatar – type locality for genus †Zofiabaatar pulcher – type locality for species
Map of major Wyoming geological formations, showing Fossil Butte (lower left) far south of Yellowstone (upper left), southwest across the state from Devils Tower (upper right). During the Eocene this portion of Wyoming was a sub-tropical lake ecosystem. The Green River Lake System contained three ancient lakes, Fossil Lake, Lake Gosiute, and ...