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US West, Oregon
Fossil OR
Wheeler High School fossil beds
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
FossilsAlso reported: metasequoia, alder, maple and oak leaves, rare insects and salamanders.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: John Day Formation Oligocene lake shales behind the school ballfield in the town of Fossil, the only public dig on these beds
30-plus plant species documented from the exposure; Oregon Paleo Lands Center and school jointly steward the public dig
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Loose slopeRattlesnakes in warm months, remote services
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