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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon.Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived in the region between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million ...
The Painted Hills is a geologic site in Wheeler County, Oregon that is one of the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument along with Sheep Rock and Clarno. It totals 3,132 acres (12.67 km 2) and is located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell, Oregon. The Painted Hills are listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. [ 1 ]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:16, 29 March 2009: 1,024 × 819 (285 KB): Urdangaray {{Information |Description={{en|Photographed by Doug Dolde at the John Day Fossil Beds in Oregon.
Christopher Schierup, National Parks Service collection manager, first spotted the fossil in 2012 in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Mitchell, Oregon. - N. Famoso/National Park Service
John Day Fossil Beds map. The John Day Formation is a series of rock strata exposed in the Picture Gorge district of the John Day River basin and elsewhere in north-central Oregon in the United States. The Picture Gorge exposure lies east of the Blue Mountain uplift, which cuts southwest–northeast through the Horse Heaven mining district ...
When the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument was established in 1975, the initial development plan recommended purchasing the Cant Ranch complex for use as the monument's headquarters and visitor center. The National Park Service purchased 878 acres (3.55 km 2) from the Cant family in 1975. This included the main ranch complex and adjacent ...
This is when Oregon's fossil-rich John Day Fossil Beds were first laid down. [25] The earliest fossils in John Day indicate a subtropical terrestrial environment. The assemblage is rich in fossil seeds, fruit nuts, and associated woods, and is one of the few places in the world where all three are preserved in a single location. [26]
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a Pliocene-age site near Hagerman, Idaho. The 4,351-acre (17.61 km 2) Monument is internationally significant because it protects one of the richest known fossil deposits from the Blancan North American Land Mammal Age. [ 3] These fossils date from 3.07 million to at least 4 million years ago in age and ...