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Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The 22,650-acre (9,170 ha) monument is administered by the National Park Service. [1] Joshua trees at Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM
Ice Age Fossils State Park is a 315-acre state park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on the northernmost fringe of the metropolitan area. It is located adjacent to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument near Willie McCool Regional Park. The park saw its grand opening on January 20, 2024.
The location of the state of Nevada. Paleontology in Nevada refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Nevada.Nevada has a rich fossil record of plants and animal life spanning the past 650 million years of time. [1]
The town of Berlin sprang up in 1896, when substantial gold veins were discovered nearby. In total, the Berlin Mine produced 42,000 troy ounces (46,080 oz; 1,306.346 kg) of gold, all removed from tunnels by hard rock mining techniques.
Scientists have uncovered new clues about a curious fossil site in Nevada, a graveyard for dozens of giant marine reptiles. The site is famous for its fossils from giant ichthyosaurs — reptiles ...
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.
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
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument: Nevada: 22,650.00 acres (91.6613 km 2) Tuzigoot National Monument: Arizona: 811.89 acres (3.2856 km 2) Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: U.S. Virgin Islands: 12,708.07 acres (51.4277 km 2) Waco Mammoth National Monument: Texas: 107.23 acres (0.4339 km 2) Walnut Canyon National Monument: Arizona