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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument


Idaho

Camels, muskrats, and bears - oh my! And that’s not all – this park’s fossil collection includes mastodons, sabertooth cats, otters, pronghorn, ground sloths, hyena-like dogs, and fish, frogs, snakes, and fowl! And, you may think a horse is just a horse, but not when it’s a single-toed Hagerman Horse. Animals that lived between 3 and 4 million years ago left their mark at Hagerman Fossil Beds – the Earth’s richest fossil deposits from the Pliocene Epoch, the last glimpse of time before the Ice Age. Read More...


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