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Badlands National Park (viewing only)

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Oligocene White River mammal beds

One of the richest mammal fossil beds in the world, fully protected.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Badlands National Park2 km away · Fossil site
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Fossil Hill / Cedar Butte Pierre Shale (SD)28 km away · Fossil site
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Prairie Agate, Buffalo Gap National Grassland52 km away · Agate beach or gravel
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Fort Pierre (Bad River mouth, Missouri west bank)143 km away · Riverbank
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