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The Stonerose Interpretive center & Eocene Fossil Site is a 501c(3) non-profit public museum and fossil dig located in Republic, Washington. The center was established in 1989 and houses fossils that have been featured in National Geographic Magazine , Sunset magazine , and numerous scientific works.
The museum has a large database of research information pertaining to the fossil collection from the Late Cretaceous Period. The prized specimen is Bruce, a 43-foot (13 m) long mosasaur fossil, the largest publicly displayed mosasaur in the world. Fossil dig programs continue each summer, from May to October, along the Manitoba Escarpment.
These field expeditions are open to sign-ups for individuals of all ages to learn about the geology, paleontology, and natural history of the region while aiding Elevation Science paleontologists in collecting fossils for research. For students, the program is available as a for-credit field paleontology course through Montana State University ...
While the museum is working to date the fossil, the museum said it knows the specimen “was found in an Ice Age sediment deposit, placing it in a ballpark of between 11,500 years and 300,000 ...
Fossil Fair costs $18 per person for entry at the door while advance tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for children, and $11 for members. Tickets can be purchased in advance at schielemuseum.org .
Edelman Fossil Park. The Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, located in Mantua Township, New Jersey, consists of a 66-million-year-old 6-inch (150 mm) bone bed set into a 65-acre (26 ha) former marl quarry. [1] It is currently the only facility east of the Mississippi River that has an active open quarry for public Community Dig Days. [2]
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Fossil of a pterosaur (Ctenochasma) from the Solnhofen Limestone, Germany (American Museum of Natural History, New York, US). A paleontological or fossiliferous site is a locality in which a significant quantity of fossils is naturally preserved in the rocks. The extent of the site is determined, in some cases, by the spatial distribution of ...