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(13) Fossil Butte National Monument


Visited Together:
  1. August 2005
Type: National Monument
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Kemmerer, WY
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world. Recorded in limestone are dynamic and complete paleoecosystems that spanned two million years. Preservation is so complete that it allows for detailed study of climate change and its effects on biological communities.

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