Help with a fossil hunting assignment?

1. Can you tell me 3 fossil sites.


a. The name of the dig/excavation site.


b. The types of fossils that are being found at the site.


c. How old the fossils are said to be.





thank you.Help with a fossil hunting assignment?
Banks of the Connecticut River in Holyoke, MA


Dinosaur tracks state reservation


dinosaur tracks


about190 million years old


http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/298_din鈥?/a>





La Brea tar Pits, Los Angeles CA


Bones preserved in tar


following species:


* 鈥營mperial Mammoth (Mammuthus imperator)


* 鈥燙olumbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)


* 鈥燗merican Mastodon (Mammut americanum)


* 鈥燞arlan's Ground Sloth (Paramylodon harlani)


* 鈥燡efferson鈥檚 Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersoni)


* 鈥燬hasta Ground Sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis)


* 鈥燗ncient Bison (Bison antiquus) ([1])


* 鈥燗merican Camel (Camelops hesterus)


* 鈥燬tilt-legged Llama (Hemiauchenia macrophala)


* 鈥燱estern Horse (Equus ';occidentalis';)


* 鈥燤exican Horse (Equus conversidens)


* 鈥燩eccary (Platygonus compressus)


* Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)


* 鈥燭ar-pit pronghorn (Capromeryx minor)


* 鈥燙alifornia Tapir (Tapirus californicus)


* Elk (Wapiti) (Cervus canadensis)


* Deer (Odocoileus sp.)


* 鈥燬hort-faced bear (Arctodus simus)


* Brown bear (Ursus arctos)


* Black bear (Ursus americanus)


* 鈥燗merican Lion (Panthera leo atrox)


* 鈥燬cimitar Cat (Homotherium serum)


* 鈥燬abre-Toothed Cat (Smilodon fatalis)


* Jaguar (Panthera onca augusta)


* 鈥燗merican cheetah (Miracinonyx inexpectatus)


* Cougar (Puma concolor)


* 鈥燚ire Wolf (Canis dirus)


* Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)


* Coyote (Canis latrans)


* Bobcat (Lynx rufus)


* Weasel


* Human


* Raccoon


* Skunk


# California Condor


# Eagle


# Hawk


# Falcon


# 鈥燭eratorns


# Vulture


# 鈥燣a Brea Caracara


# Sandhill Crane


# Canada Goose


# Mallard Duck


# Night Heron


# 鈥燣a Brea Stork


# Grebe


# Cormorant


# Common Raven


# Magpie


# Horned Lark


# Shrike


# Common Poor-will


# Flicker


# Great Horned Owl


# 鈥燣a Brea Owl


# Greater Roadrunner


# Mourning Dove


# Band-Tailed Pigeon


# Avocet


# Killdeer


# Curlew


# California Quail


# Turkey (鈥燙alifornian Turkey)


* Arroyo Chub


* Garter Snake


* Gopher Snake


* Kingsnake


* Pond Turtle


* Rainbow Trout


* Rattlesnake


* Salamander


* Three-spined stickleback


* Tree Frog


* Toad


* Fly


* Dung beetle


* Grasshopper


* Pill Bug


* Scorpion


* Termite


* Water Flea


* California Juniper


* Coast Live Oak


* Poison Oak


* Ragweed


* Raspberry


* Red Cedar


* Redwood tree


* Sagebrush


* California Sycamore


* Thistle


* Walnut tree


The place is called Rancho de La Brea


They are aged from 38,000 years ago to present


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar鈥?/a>





Dinosaur National Monument


near Jensen UT


The dig site is called Carnegie Quarry


fossils found are the fossilized bones of:





Glyptops plicatus


Dinochelys whitei


Opisthias rarus


Goniopholis sp.


Hoplosuchus kayi (h)


Ceratosaurus sp.


Torvosaurus sp.


Allosaurus fragilis


Apatosaurus louisae (h)


Barosaurus lentus


Camarasaurus lentus


Diplodocus ';longus';


?Haplocanthosaurus sp.


Uintasaurus douglassi (h) (now Camarasaurus lentus)


Stegosaurus sp.


Camptosaurus aphanoecetes {h)


Dryosaurus altus


The fossils date to approximately 150 milion years ago





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Na鈥?/a>


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