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Florissant Fossil Quarry

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Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Phone:
+1 719-748-3275

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Florissant Fossil Beds 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 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 diatom bloom. As the diatoms fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the diatom falls. Fine layers of clays and muds interspersed with layers of ash form paper shales holding beautifully-preserved fossils.
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