Ashfall Fossil Beds Location

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Ashfall fossil beds location. Ashfall Fossil Find. Animals at the Ashfall Fossil Beds slowly suffocate die and are covered with ash. See below for ideas for places to visit nearby Admission.

Ashfall Fossil Beds is located 2 miles west and 6 miles north of Royal Nebraska. See website for dates and hours. We took the time to drive into Nebraska from Sioux City Iowa to visit Ashfall Fossil Beds State Park.

118 million years ago during the Tertiary period About this Famous Find. Ash from a Yellowstone hotspot erupti. The thick bed of volcanic ash at the site contains hundreds of extraordinarily complete skeletons of extinct rhinos camels three-toed horses and other vertebrates still lying in their death poses.

Its a unique gem in this great state of ours. The fossils at Ashfall Fossil Beds represent a catastrophic death assemblage of Miocene early Clarendonian animals buried in volcanic ash. We combined our afternoon trip to the Nebraska fossil beds with our weekend trip to Niobrara State Park about 30 minutes away.

Ashfall Fossil Beds is open for visitors from May early October approximately. Gary Staab Sculptures Watch as artist Gary Staab creates the bronze rhino and tortoise sculptures that grace the landscape at Ashfall Fossil Beds. The park is home to a visitors center a handful of scenic overlooks and the famed Rhino Barn among other things to see.

Ashfall Fossil Beds is a joint project of the University of Nebraska State Museum and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. FacilitiesInterpretive facilities including visitor center and rhino barn fossil preparation laboratory restrooms picnic facilities trail. The drive alone was worth it gorgeous rolling hills of cropland with a hundred shades of green.