Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmastodon Excavation, People & Fossils
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File Name:
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SNO20110524-16.jpg
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catalog number:
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SNO20110524-16
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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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Richard M. Wicker
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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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Excavator rolls large field jacket onto pallet during snow storm while Joe Enser Representative Snowmass Department of Water and Sanitation watches. This may be the only excavation where construction workers worked side by side with museum volunteers to remove the largest number of fossils in a short amount of time. 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, Ziegler Reservoir, Snowmass, Colorado. 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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5/24/2011
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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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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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34.9 MB
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source:
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Nikon D300
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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