Florissant_Formation.jpg


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English: This image shows a cut in the Florrisant Formation at the Clare fossil quarry, a commercial fossil collection site in the town of Florissant, Colorado. The Florissant Formation is notable for its excellent preservation of Eocene fossils in paper shale produced by eruptions from the Thirtyone Mile Caldera to the west.
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Author Kent G. Budge
Camera location 38° 56′ 37.18″ N, 105° 17′ 27.61″ W Heading=223.85° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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Florissant Formation at the Clare fossil quarry

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38°56'37.183"N, 105°17'27.607"W

heading : 223.85 degree

20 October 2021