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John Day Fossil Beds, Sheep Rock
Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: badlands vistas and museum specimens, look only.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Painted Cenozoic badlands recording forty million years of mammals
National monument with major fossil museum.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat
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