Detail View: Image Archives: Stegomastodon excavation

File Name: 
WEI2011-9.jpg
catalog number: 
WEI2011-9
collection: 
Fieldwork, Curator
title: 
Stegomastodon excavation
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
The excavator is a unique sight at a paleontology site as the driver assists with removing dirt at the Stegomastodon dig at Weiss Gravel Pit near Holycke, Colorado. In the foreground is the vertebra of the stegomastodon. The stegomastodon is an extinct proboscidean which lived 1.2 to 6 million years ago. It stood 2.8 metres (9 ft) tall and looked like a robust version of the modern elephant. It weighed about 13,000 lb.
date: 
8/9/2011
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Phillips County, Weiss Gravel Pit
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.58 MB
source: 
Nikon D300
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science