Ashfall Fossil Beds is a working research site that is unique and invaluable to science. Fossil Finds Gallery See the latest fossils to be unearthed by student paleontologists.

The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are rare fossil sites of the type called lagerstätten that, due to extraordinary local conditions, capture an ecological "snapshot" in time of a range

Nearly 12 million years ago, volcanic ash engulfed this ancient watering hole, entombing innumerable animals. National Geographic has called Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park the Pompeii of prehistoric animals.

Ashfall Fossil Beds is now closed for the season. Thank you for everyone who visited this year. We look forward to reopening the park again in May 2025.

This unique park contains the fossil skeletons of animals that died at a watering hole following a massive volcanic eruption. The fossil bed is in the process of being excavated. Fossil skeletons are left in place for public viewing.

2023年9月26日 · Ashfall Fossil Beds is situated in rolling farmland drained by nearby Verdigre Creek. There are reports of people finding fossil bones in the immediate area of the fossil beds going back to the 1920s, including a partial rhino skull found in a …

Museum displays elaborate on how a supervolcanic eruption on the west coast turned this ancient watering hole into a prairie fossil bed. Guests of all ages can step into the role of researcher with our hands-on displays to learn about the information fossils reveal to …

History and touring information on this historic fossil bed and ancient watering hole.

Hundreds of skeletons of prehistoric animals have been found in a volcanic ash bed buried beneath the rolling farmlands of northeastern Nebraska. Some of the best-preserved fossil rhinos, horses, camels, and birds known anywhere have been, and are being, excavated by museum crews working in the Ashfall Fossil Beds in northern Antelope County.

Ashfall Fossil Beds, a Museum locality originally named Poison Ivy Quarry, was discovered in 1971 by paleontologist Mike Voorhies. A scientific excavation was carried out between 1977 and 1979.