Detail View: Snowmass: Snowmass Excavation, Fossils

File Name: 
SNO20110630-5.jpg
catalog number: 
SNO20110630-5
collection: 
Snowmass
title: 
Snowmass Excavation, Fossils
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Mastodon scapula in situ. 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.
date: 
6/30/2011
date type: 
dateof photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Pitkin County, Snowmass Village, Ziegler Reservoir
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.29 MB
source: 
Nikon D300
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science