Hagerman Fossil Beds
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Hagerman fossil beds. We thought the film could use some updating but it gave some interesting information about the floods during the ice age. There isn t much to do at. The monument is also internationally significant because it protects the world s richest known fossil deposits from a time period called the late pliocene epoch about 3 to 4 million years ago.
When we visited at the end of july the monument was open. Today hagerman fossil beds has a visitor center in the. 11 reviews of hagerman fossil beds national monument note.
The national monument was established nearly sixty years after the first smithsonian excavation and given a unique legislative mandate. We stopped at the visitor center for hagerman fossil beds national monument. This nps site s claim to fame is that they have the largest concentration of hagerman horse fossils in.
At the time of the writing of this review the actual monument is closed due to recent fires but the visitors center located in the sleepy little town of hagerman is open. From saber toothed cat mastodon bear camel and ground sloth to smaller animals like rodents and frogs the scientific study of pliocene fossils is the key to hagerman. Hagerman fossil beds national monument protects one of the world s richest known fossil deposits from the late pliocene epoch.
It is a small center across the street from hagerman high school. The idea for the partnership and project was born on hagerman s walking trail said wade vagias superintendent of hagerman fossil beds national monument. To provide a center for continuing paleontological research and education.
The hagerman horse equus simplicidens is the first true one toed horse. The fossil horses for which the monument is famous have been found in only one locale in the northern portion of the monument called the hagerman horse quarry. Hagerman fossil beds national monument a national park in idaho contains the largest concentration of hagerman horse fossils in north america.
Hours address hagerman fossil beds national monument reviews. We were there when a group of young boy scouts came for a visit. Hagerman fossil beds national monument.
We watched a film with them. Hagerman fossil beds national monument near hagerman idaho contains the largest concentration of hagerman horse fossils in north america.