Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmastodon Excavation, People & Fossils
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SNO20110531-1.jpg
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catalog number:
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SNO20110531-1
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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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Liz Miller DMNS Volunteer and Breakfast Cook and mother of Dr. Ian Miller DMNS Curator of Paleontology and Chair of Earth Sciences Department uncovers a bone. 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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5/31/2011
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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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2.52 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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