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Quilchena fossil beds

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: leaves, rare fish.

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

Why this spot

Eocene lake shales near Merritt rich in insects and plants

Documented paleontological locality in regional literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

none significant

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