Paleontology in Colorado
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Paleontology in Colorado refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Colorado. The geologic column of Colorado spans about one third of Earth's hi
Allosaurus.
Diplodocus.
Camarasaurus supremus.
Florissant Formation
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The Florissant Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation outcropping around Florissant, Teller County, Colorado. The formation is noted for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plan
Paleontology in Colorado
…long. During the early part of the Cenozoic era, rainforests grew in Colorado. Later, another rich flora and fauna would come to be preserved in the Florissant beds, where both rhinoceroses and uintatheres lived. More recently the state's modern prairies began to form and the state was home to creatures like bison…
Florissant Formation at the Clare fossil quarry in Florissant, Colorado
The Pioneer House, showing how the original pioneers of the west lived
2013 aerial photo
A large petrified stump of Sequoia affinis at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument