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Program: Forests During the Time of the Mastodons: Ziegler Reservoir Fossil Site
March 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Thursday, March 14, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Presenter: Dean Miller, Data Analytics Trainer and Quaternary Paleobotanist
Location: Zoom
In 2010, during the construction of a reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado, bones of mammoth and other extinct species and a rich assemblage of vertebrate, plant, and other fossils were unearthed. Miller takes us on an insider’s journey into the intriguing and revealing world of paleontological and paleobotanical specimens found at the site, especially fossil conifers and their cones. His research on conifer macrofossils provides insights into the successional forest stages throughout the Pleistocene in Colorado. The Snowmass discovery offers insights into poorly understood climatic and ecological changes during the late Pleistocene at high elevations.
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