'Digging Snowmastodon' book.

AuthorPeterson, Eric
PositionCOLORADO COOL STUFF

"An incredible nine months" is what Denver Museum of Nature & Science Chief Curator Dr. Kirk Johnson terms the two digs he led in 2010 and 2011 that massed a major haul of fossils, including mammoth, mastodon, sloth, giant bison and camel specimens. In all, 41 kinds of Ice Age animals were found. "Digging Snowmastodon: Discovering an Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies," by Johnson and Dr. Ian Miller, the digs' co-leader, chronicles the story with 100 color photos as well as illustrations and maps. Johnson credits the 200 diggers who helped...

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