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Fossil vertebrates, Ashfall Fossil Beds, NE

Fossil vertebrates. Several hundred well-preserved fossils representing 17 species of vertebrates have been uncovered at the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska. The animals died due to volcanic ash from a volcano that erupted in what is now Idaho about 12 million years ago.

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Title: Fossil vertebrates, Ashfall Fossil Beds, NE

Caption: Fossil vertebrates. Several hundred well-preserved fossils representing 17 species of vertebrates have been uncovered at the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska. The animals died due to volcanic ash from a volcano that erupted in what is now Idaho about 12 million years ago.

Category: Animals • Mammals • nature • Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Larry Miller

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Image size: 3605 × 2400 px | 24.8 MB

Print size: 30.5 × 20.3 cm | 1419.3 × 944.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AMERICA NORTH • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ASHFALL FOSSIL BEDS • EXTINCT • FAUNA • FOSSIL BED • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • MAMMAL • MAMMALS • MIOCENE • NATURE • NEBRASKA • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC • VERTEBRATE • WILDLIFE