Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument PA272527
Summary
Location Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Description Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils of insects and plants reveal the story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado.
Date
27/10/2004
Source
National Parks Gallery
Copyright info
Public Domain