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This article reminded me of a trip we took a trip out to Colorado with kids back in '95, and took a detour to Ashfall, NE to check out the site we read about in a brochure. It's way out in the middle of nowhere, but it was well worth the detour.
Home page link: [Link]
From this link: [Link], the following:
"About 12 million years ago, a volcano in southwest Idaho spread a blanket of ash over a very large area. One or two feet of this powdered glass covered the flat savannah-like grasslands of northeastern Nebraska.
Most of the animals which lived here survived the actual ashfall, but as they continued to graze on the ash covered grasses, their lungs began to fill up with the abrasive powder. Soon their lungs became severely damaged and they began to die.
The smaller animals died first (smaller lung capacities) and finally, after perhaps three to five weeks, the last of the rhinos perished.Their bodies were quickly covered by the blowing and drifting ash.
Undisturbed except by an occasional scavenging meat-eater, the skeletons of these animals are preserved in their death positions, complete with evidence of their last meals in their mouths and stomachs and their last steps preserved in the sandstone below. "
"Facts about Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park and the Hubbard Rhino Barn
* Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park is the only known site in the world where entire three-dimensional skeletons of large prehistoric animals are preserved.
* The volcanic ash from a volcano in what is today Idaho killed hundreds of animals, including rhinos, camels, three-toed horses, and birds, among others, and preserved their remains in exquisite detail.
* The fossil site was discovered in 1971 when Mike Voorhies, emeritus professor and curator of vertebrate paleontology, discovered the skull of a baby rhinoceros eroding from the wall of a ravine at the edge of a cornfield on Melvin Colson's farm in northern Antelope County.
* Nebraska's newest state park, Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park opened to the public June 1, 1991. Located 6 miles north of U.S. Highway 20 between Royal and Orchard, the park is a joint project of the University of Nebraska State Museum and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
* More than 350 full skeletons and 25,000 isolated fossil specimens have been documented at the site. Paleontologists are certain many more will be located in coming years inside the new Hubbard Rhino Barn.
* Of the approximately half-dozen enclosed fossil sites in North America, Ashfall Fossil Beds is the only facility where paleontologists continue to unearth large skeletons that resemble real animals.
* A portion of the large fossil bed was enclosed in 1991, giving the general public a firsthand look at the extinct animals preserved exactly as they died. All excavations at Ashfall Fossil Beds are carried out in full view of the visiting public. "
Another interesting finding on their geology page was the thick layer of sandstone below and above the ash layer, which makes me wonder if the area might have been part of a shoreline rather than a watering hole(?)