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Dig site • The Hubbard Rhino Barn at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park includes excavated fossils of prehistoric mammals that were entombed in a bed of volcanic ash approximately 12 million years ago.
The Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year. It was 1991 when Ashfall Fossil Beds opened to public visitation for the first time, allowing people to watch paleontologists excavating Nebraska's precious fossil resources one scrape of the knife and one swish of the brush at a time.
Since that first day, tens of thousands of visitors have watched as 70 complete or nearly complete skeletons have been uncovered (with the potential for many more), along with other wonders like coprolites, burrows, and dog tracks. The park is open seasonally...
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