Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
The monument is one of only four units in the national park system that contains parts of the oregon national historic trail.
Hagerman fossil beds national monument. This nps site s claim to fame is that they have the largest concentration of hagerman horse fossils in. The oregon trail crosses the southern portion of the hagerman fossil beds. The hagerman horse equus simplicidens is the first true one toed horse.
It is a small center across the street from hagerman high school. They have a display of fossils and a replica of the fossilized hagerman horse. 11 reviews of hagerman fossil beds national monument note.
Hagerman fossil beds national monument a national park in idaho contains the largest concentration of hagerman horse fossils in north america. From saber toothed cat mastodon bear camel and ground sloth to smaller animals like rodents and frogs the scientific study of pliocene fossils is the key to hagerman. To provide a center for continuing paleontological research and education.
We watched a film with them. At the time of the writing of this review the actual monument is closed due to recent fires but the visitors center located in the sleepy little town of hagerman is open. Hagerman fossil beds national monument protects one of the world s richest known fossil deposits from the late pliocene epoch.
The monument is also internationally significant because it protects the world s richest known fossil deposits from a time period called the late pliocene epoch about 3 to 4 million years ago. We stopped at the visitor center for hagerman fossil beds national monument. The national monument was established nearly sixty years after the first smithsonian excavation and given a unique legislative mandate.
When we visited at the end of july the monument was open. We were there when a group of young boy scouts came for a visit. The fossil horses for which the monument is famous have been found in only one locale in the northern portion of the monument called the hagerman horse quarry the 4 351 acre 17 61 km 2 monument is internationally significant because it protects the world.
