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WANNAGAN CREEK QUARRY

Since the 1970s, scientists from the Science Museum of Minnesota have been unearthing animals and plant fossils from Wannagan Creek Quarry in western North Dakota. These fossils, along with millions of others from around the world, help to tell the story of the evolution of the world as we know it today.

Wannagan Creek was a Paleocene environment (it existed 60 million years ago) that was discovered at the Wannagan Creek quarry in western North Dakota. Science Museum of Minnesota paleontology curator Bruce Erickson and colleagues spent 25 years investigating the fossils at this important site.

Many significant finds about the Paleocene environment have developed from the curation of the fossils found at Wannagan Creek. What existed in the upper Great Plains 60 million years ago was very different than this area of North America today.

 

CLICK HERE Step Back 60 million years to learn more about this Paleocene semi-tropical environment.
CLICK HERE Learn how the Wannagan Creek site was discovered.
CLICK HERE See where Wannagan Creek is located in North Dakota.
CLICK HERE Watch video of paleontologists working at the site.
CLICK HERE Check out some links to pages on related topics.

 

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