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This list of the prehistoric life of North Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of ...
Throughout the remainder of the Cenozoic, North Dakota's climate cooled and dried. The state's swamps vanished and their inhabitants became extinct. In their place woodlands formed. The climate got colder still and eventually glacial activity reshaped the state's landscape. At this time North Dakota was home to mammoths and mastodons. [1]
This list of the Cenozoic life of North Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Dakota and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.
A few taxa were collected at Brownie Butte Montana by Shoemaker, but most plants were collected from North Dakota (Slope County) and from South Dakota. Among the localities, the Mud Buttes, located in Bowman County, North Dakota, is probably the richest megaflora assemblage known and the most diverse leaf quarry from the Hell Creek Formation ...
The two first states to designate a state fossil were Nebraska and North Dakota, both in 1967. Seven states and the District of Columbia still lack an explicit state fossil: Arkansas : still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur .
A few taxa were collected at Brownie Butte Montana by Shoemaker, but most plants were collected from North Dakota (Slope County) and from South Dakota. Among the localities, the Mud Buttes, located in Bowman County , North Dakota , is probably the richest megaflora assemblage known and the most diverse leaf quarry from the Hell Creek Formation ...
The White River Fauna are fossil animals found in the White River Group of South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska in the United States.In southwest South Dakota and northwest Nebraska, these fossils are characteristic of the White River Badlands (including Badlands National Park), though they can be found far beyond the limits of the White River watershed.
White River Fauna, prehistoric animals of the White River Badlands, located in the northern United States. The fossilized animals date from the Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs of the Cenozoic Era. They are found in the Chadron Formation, Brule Formation, and/or the Arikaree Formation of South Dakota, Nebraska, and/or Wyoming.