Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
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The Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument is a national monument located in Teller County, Colorado. The location is famous for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shale of the Florissant Formation. Based on argon radiometric dating, the formation is Eocene (approximately 34 million years old) in age and has been interpreted as a lake environment.
The fossils have been preserved because of the interaction of the volcanic ash from the nearby Thirtynine Mile volcanic field with diatoms in the lake, causing an algal bloom. As the algae fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the algal mats. Fine layers of clays and mud interspersed with layers of ash form paper shale holding beautifully-preserved fossils.
The name Florissant comes from the French word for flowering. In the late 19th century tourist and excavators came to this location to observe the wildlife and collect samples for collections and study. The Petrified Forest, that is now one of the main attractions at the monument today, lost much of its mass due to collectors removing large amounts of petrified wood from the site. During the 1860s and 1870s the area was mapped by geologists for the first time. Paleontologists followed soon after to collect fossils for research. In 1969, the Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument was established after a long legal battle between local land owners and the federal government. Today, the park receives approximately 60,000 visitors a year, and is the site of ongoing paleontological investigations.
Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado, United States
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The Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument is a national monument located in Teller County, Colorado. The location is famous for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shales of the Florissant Formation. Based on argon radiometric dating, the formation is Eocene (approximately 34 million years old ) in age and has been interpreted as a lake environment. The fossils have been preserved because of the interaction of the volcanic ash from the nearby Thirtynine Mile volcanic field with diatoms in the lake, causing an algal bloom. As the algae fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the algal mats. Fine layers of clays and muds interspersed with layers of ash form paper shales holding beautifully-preserved fossils.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
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Real giant petrified tree stumps at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant Colorado on February 24, 2018.
Florissant Fossil Beds Day Hike
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I had the chance to pay the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument a visit. This is part of the National Park Service located in Florissant, Colorado. This video shows some of the things you can expect to see there at the park.
This park is home to several fossilized redwood trees as well as many miles of hiking trails, pine forests, elk, prairie dogs, ground squirrel and other forms of wildlife. As of this video, it was only $3 per person to enter the park and is off the beaten path enough to make the trip worth it for folks who prefer to be away from people while in nature.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, located 35 miles west of Colorado Springs, is a quiet little gem in the national park system. Park featuring petrified redwood stumps & thousands of insect & plant fossils, plus 14 miles of hiking trails.
Preserved for its abundance of fossils — as many as 50,000 museum specimens from fossils of 1,700 species — have been discovered at the monument since the 1800s, making it one of the richest deposits of fossils in the world.
The fossils include 1,500 insects, 150 plants and one of the world’s only known fossils of the tsetse fly. The largest fossil discovered at the monument is that of an 8-foot tall rhinoceros-like animal called a brontothere. The monument also includes a forest of about 30 stumps of petrified redwoods, the largest being 41 feet in circumference.
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Redwood Forest: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, 34 Million Years Ago
Late Eocene (34 million years ago)(Florissant Formation). This scene shows the trees that are preserved at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant, Colorado. A volcanic eruption damned the rivers in the area creating a large lake in which the trees were preserved as fossils.
Plants depicted: palmetto (Sabalites sp.), Rosa hilliae, Sequoia, unnamed fern
This preliminary version is part of a joint project between the Interactive Geology Project at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The nature paintings at the Colorado Convention Center and Denver Museum of Nature and Science are being animated.
Based on the painting Redwoods and Roses (Colorado Convention Center)(courtesy Kirk Johnson and Jan Vriesen). A special thanks to James Hagadorn and Ian Miller (DMNS) for their input.
Scene is by Joseph Rogers.
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We found nothing... (Florissant Fossil Beds)
Well, we got to the quarry, but nothing interesting was found :(
Huge Hailstorm at Florissant Fossil Beds - Colorado
While hiking the trails around Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, the weather took a turn for the worse and the sky unleashed a torrent of hail! The hailstorm lasted on and off for over an hour!
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In Colorado, 'The Fossils Were Pouring Out of the Ground'
In Colorado, archaeologists made a very big find: bones dating back to the Ice Age. Tom Bearden reports on what kind of fossils were unearthed and what the new findings can tell us.
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Everything is Stoned @ Florissant National Monument - Travel Guide & Tips
Florissant National Monument - Travel Guide & Tips: Everything in Colorado is Stoned? Come along with us as we show you the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, just outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. In a beautiful 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 fossils of insects and plants reveal the story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado. A great day trip from Colorado Springs or Cripple Creek Colorado. #TravelGuide #Colorado #ColoradoTravelTips
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