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Ashfall Fossil Beds

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The beds are some of the most prolific at producing fossils of many species that once roamed Nebraska during the Miocene including rhinoceros, elephant, camel, sabor-toothed tiger, wild dogs, etc.  The fossils are encased in a volcanic ash layer erupted from Bruneau-Jarbidge caldera (supervolcano) in Idaho 11.83 million years ago.  The ash spread over seven states. 

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Ashfall Fossil Beds

The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are among the rare preservation sites called lagerstätten, which preserve ecological "snapshots" from a moment in time, due to extraordinary local conditions that have preserved a range of fossilized organisms undisturbed.

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