Kentuckiana Mike Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 There is a nice story (aired November 29, 2010) on PBS's New Hour program about a Colorado site with Ice Age fossils. The fossils are being excavated by Kirk Johnson and a group from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. They date the fossils at between 45,000 and 125,000 years old. They list as vertebrates fossils found: mammoth, sloth, mastodon, and bison plus invertebrates, insects, & plants). Visit the PBS web site here to see 4 minute 31 second video (also available the audio MP3 file and text transcript). It should make a great exhibit once they finished collecting and analyzing the finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 It's so exciting to see this kind of stuff in Colorado. Too bad it's so rare here Why does Florida have to get all the good stuff? www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Wow! 9000' site altitude... Makes me wonder how warm it really was? Maybe a last refuge for cold adapted animals? Thanks for the link. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentuckiana Mike Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 More information about the Colorado site can be found by reading the blog entry entitled "Snowmastodon Village: A Visual Tour of a Remarkable New Find". She has pictures of some the finds as well. The fossils listed as found: 100s of pounds of plant material, a tiger salmander, chewed wood by beavers, insects (like iridescent beetles), snails, ostracods, 8-10 American mastodons, 4 Columbian mammoths, 4 ice-age bison, 2 deer, ground sloth, and other animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 It's so exciting to see this kind of stuff in Colorado. Too bad it's so rare here Why does Florida have to get all the good stuff? Every State has their own goodies.I wish we could find dino material or trillos in Fla. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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