Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmastodon Excavation, People & Fossils
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File Name:
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SNO20110602-2.jpg
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catalog number:
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SNO20110602-2
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collection:
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Snowmass
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title:
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Snowmastodon Excavation, People & Fossils
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creator:
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Zane Edwards
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Rolling a cast. L-R: Josh Smith contract plasterer; Bryan Small DMNS Paleontology Lab Manager; Heather Finlayson DMNS Team Leader; Dr. Joseph "Joe" Sertich DMNS Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology; Unknown person (in purple). In just seven weeks, crews from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science unearthed more than 4,500 fossils and identified 20 different vertebrate animals at the Snowmastodon Excavation Site. The preserved series of Ice Age fossil ecosystems is one of the most significant fossil discoveries ever made in Colorado. The site is estimated to be between 45 and 150 thousand years old.
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date:
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6/2/2011
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date type:
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date of photograph
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date type:
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Luna ingest
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Pitkin County, Snowmass Village, Ziegler Reservoir
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source:
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Canon EOS REBEL T2i
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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