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The Snowmastodon site, also known as the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, is the location of an important Ice Age fossil excavation near Snowmass Village, Colorado. Fossils were first discovered on October 14, 2010, during the construction of a 5 hectares (12 acres) reservoir to supply Snowmass Village with water. [ 1 ]
Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Maps and Directions. Morrison Natural History Museum. Accessed 12-20-12. Plan Your Visit. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Accessed 12-20-12. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All ...
“The discovery and description of a fossil mammal skull is an important step forward in documenting the earliest diversification of mammals after Earth’s last mass extinction.”
Paleontologists have discovered a new mammal that lived with the dinosaurs in Colorado millions of years ago after unearthing a fossil in the northwest corner of the state.
A fossil from the Cherokee Ranch petrified forest. A large petrified forest thought to date to the Paleocene at around 55 million years old is located on and around the grounds of Cherokee Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado. These Denver Basin fossils include plants similar to the modern laurel tree family. At least 40 large petrified logs have ...
This list of prehistoric sites in the U.S. State of Colorado includes historical and archaeological sites of humans from their earliest times in Colorado to just before the Colorado historic period, which ranges from about 12,000 BC to AD 19th century. The Period is defined by the culture enjoyed at the time, from the earliest hunter-gatherers ...
This skull may be the oldest known for the genus. Currently on display at the courthouse in Greeley, Colorado. Fossil vertebrates from the Laramie Formation were among the first dinosaurs to be discovered in the American West (Carpenter and Young 2003).
A triceratops skull in the Paleo Hall at the museum. The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is a museum of natural history in Boulder, Colorado.With more than four million artifacts and specimens in the areas of anthropology, botany, entomology, paleontology and zoology, the museum houses the most extensive natural history collection in the Rocky Mountain region. [1]