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Paleontologic investigations at Big Bone Lick State Park, Kentucky: A preliminary report

January 1, 1963

The Big Bone Lick area in Kentucky, the first widely known collecting locality for vertebrate fossils in North America, is being investigated for further faunal and geologic evidence. Mammal bones, ranging in age from Wisconsin (Tazewell?) to Recent, were recovered in 1962 from four different faunal zones in two terrace fills.

Publication Year 1963
Title Paleontologic investigations at Big Bone Lick State Park, Kentucky: A preliminary report
Authors C.B. Schultz, L.G. Tanner, F.C. Whitmore, L.L. Ray, E.C. Crawford
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Science
Index ID 70010786
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse