Help with a fossil hunting assignment?
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iboombastic asked:
1. Can you tell me 3 fossil sites.
a. The name of the dig/excavation site.
b. The types of fossils that are being found at the site.
c. How old the fossils are said to be.
1. Can you tell me 3 fossil sites.
a. The name of the dig/excavation site.
b. The types of fossils that are being found at the site.
c. How old the fossils are said to be.
thank you.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Banks of the Connecticut River in Holyoke, MA
Dinosaur tracks state reservation
dinosaur tracks
about190 million years old
La Brea tar Pits, Los Angeles CA
Bones preserved in tar
following species:
* †Imperial Mammoth (Mammuthus imperator)
* †Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)
* †American Mastodon (Mammut americanum)
* †Harlan’s Ground Sloth (Paramylodon harlani)
* †Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersoni)
* †Shasta Ground Sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis)
* †Ancient Bison (Bison antiquus) ([1])
* †American Camel (Camelops hesterus)
* †Stilt-legged Llama (Hemiauchenia macrophala)
* †Western Horse (Equus “occidentalis”)
* †Mexican Horse (Equus conversidens)
* †Peccary (Platygonus compressus)
* Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
* †Tar-pit pronghorn (Capromeryx minor)
* †California Tapir (Tapirus californicus)
* Elk (Wapiti) (Cervus canadensis)
* Deer (Odocoileus sp.)
* †Short-faced bear (Arctodus simus)
* Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
* Black bear (Ursus americanus)
* †American Lion (Panthera leo atrox)
* †Scimitar Cat (Homotherium serum)
* †Sabre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon fatalis)
* Jaguar (Panthera onca augusta)
* †American cheetah (Miracinonyx inexpectatus)
* Cougar (Puma concolor)
* †Dire Wolf (Canis dirus)
* Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
* Coyote (Canis latrans)
* Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
* Weasel
* Human
* Raccoon
* Skunk
# California Condor
# Eagle
# Hawk
# Falcon
# †Teratorns
# Vulture
# †La Brea Caracara
# Sandhill Crane
# Canada Goose
# Mallard Duck
# Night Heron
# †La Brea Stork
# Grebe
# Cormorant
# Common Raven
# Magpie
# Horned Lark
# Shrike
# Common Poor-will
# Flicker
# Great Horned Owl
# †La Brea Owl
# Greater Roadrunner
# Mourning Dove
# Band-Tailed Pigeon
# Avocet
# Killdeer
# Curlew
# California Quail
# Turkey (†Californian Turkey)
* Arroyo Chub
* Garter Snake
* Gopher Snake
* Kingsnake
* Pond Turtle
* Rainbow Trout
* Rattlesnake
* Salamander
* Three-spined stickleback
* Tree Frog
* Toad
* Fly
* Dung beetle
* Grasshopper
* Pill Bug
* Scorpion
* Termite
* Water Flea
* California Juniper
* Coast Live Oak
* Poison Oak
* Ragweed
* Raspberry
* Red Cedar
* Redwood tree
* Sagebrush
* California Sycamore
* Thistle
* Walnut tree
The place is called Rancho de La Brea
They are aged from 38,000 years ago to present
Dinosaur National Monument
near Jensen UT
The dig site is called Carnegie Quarry
fossils found are the fossilized bones of:
Glyptops plicatus
Dinochelys whitei
Opisthias rarus
Goniopholis sp.
Hoplosuchus kayi (h)
Ceratosaurus sp.
Torvosaurus sp.
Allosaurus fragilis
Apatosaurus louisae (h)
Barosaurus lentus
Camarasaurus lentus
Diplodocus “longus”
?Haplocanthosaurus sp.
Uintasaurus douglassi (h) (now Camarasaurus lentus)
Stegosaurus sp.
Camptosaurus aphanoecetes {h)
Dryosaurus altus
The fossils date to approximately 150 milion years ago
December 15th, 2009 at 7:07 am
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