USGS VERTEBRATE FOSSILS at EMERALD LAKE near YELLOWSTONE PARK Vintage 1976 For Sale

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USGS VERTEBRATE FOSSILS at EMERALD LAKE near YELLOWSTONE PARK Vintage 1976:
$9.00

SCARCE ITEM!! COOL LOCATIONS!!

This isUSGS Professional Paper 932-A, Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene Rocks andVertebrate Fossils at the Emerald Lake Locality, 3 Miles South of YellowstoneNational Park, Wyoming. Published in 1976, this uncommon item describes thegeologic setting, fossils, and significance of this unusual site in themountainous west. Evidently rocks of these ages are not preserved many placesin the intermountain west, and are more prevalent in the western plains stateslike Nebraska.

This 28-page publication discusses the importance of the rocksand the fossils they contain, and furthermore provides fairly precise locationswhere the fossils were collected. As such it would make a great field guide foranyone wanting to examine this area or perhaps collect fossils. There areseveral photos in the book that make the locations of fossil-bearing outcropsquite plain, such that there would not be any question about where to look forspecimens. Most of the species present are various rodents that were well knownfrom locations in Nebraska, and their occurrence in these rocks indicates thesimilarity of the climates between the two regions, which is interesting notonly because of their distance from each other but also because of thedifference in elevation between them. All in all, this would make a greatreference or field guide for the paleontologist, fossil collector orenthusiast.

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USGS VERTEBRATE FOSSILS at EMERALD LAKE near YELLOWSTONE PARK Vintage 1976

$9.00