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Snowmass mammoth photos released

Posted: Nov 6, 2010 4:49 PM by Andy Koen
Updated: Nov 6, 2010 6:43 PM

 Snowmass excavation site
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The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has released photos of the fossils discovered at an excavation site near Snowmass.

In one picture, the bones of a juvenile columbian mammoth are spread out on a table at the Snomass Water and Sanitaion District offices.

The bones were initially discovered by a construction worker on October 14 while doing work near the site.

Along with the mammoth, scientists have also unearths a mastadon tusk, a bison horn and the arm bone of a giant ground sloth.

Topics: fossils, Snowmass, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, mammoth

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