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Colorado Mastodon and Mammoth finds, Snowmass site has huge bones |
 Nov 23 2010, 09:41 AM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3  |
Some of you may have heard about the large bones found at Snowmass last month. Although technically not fossils, I thought it was pretty neat and worth a mention in the forum. The bones were found in a peat layer under 6 ft of clay which prevented any oxygen from decomposing the bones or petrifying them.
Some of the bones found this week (4 tusks and some large teeth) were even bigger than those found last month and the Denver museum is very excited about the finds/site, they'll even be joining the dig site to hopefully recover more. Click the link to read the full article, Even bigger bones found at Snowmass mammoth site - The Denver Post article CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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Nov 24 2010, 08:15 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Cool find thats for sure! Dont you just love this state, and all the goodies and history that come with it.
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