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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.
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
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Nevada, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation ... Park City Group/Gerster Formation:
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument: Glenns Ferry Formation: Pliocene/Pleistocene: North America: US: Idaho: Hagerman horse ('American Zebra'), Camelops: Dinosaur Valley State Park [Note 2] Glen Rose Formation: Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) North America: US: Texas: Dinosaur footprints Gray Fossil Site: Miocene: North America: US: Tennessee ...
On land Nevada was home to a variety of mammals including both mastodons and rhinoceroses. [5] As the Cenozoic continued, Nevada's Sierra Nevada Mountains were raised. Volcanic activity was still ongoing. Local wildlife included camels, horses, mammoths, and giant ground sloths. [2] Nevada's trace fossil record from the Pleistocene is very rich.
4.2.14 Nevada. 4.2.15 New Jersey. ... McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site; ... Dinosaur Valley State Park; Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas [5]
Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve that protects undisturbed ichthyosaur fossils and the ghost town of Berlin in far northwestern Nye County, Nevada. [3] The state park covers more than 1,100 acres (450 ha) at an elevation of 7,000 feet (2,100 m) on the western slope of central Nevada's Shoshone ...
Beaver Dam State Park: Lincoln: 2,182 883: 5,395 1,644: 1935: Preserves a section of Beaver Dam Wash in eastern Nevada's most remote state park. Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park: Nye: 1,116 452: 6,975 2,126: 1957: Preserves in situ ichthyosaur fossils and the ghost town of Berlin. Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area: Clark: 2,093 847: ...