Exposed mammoth bones in Las Vegas Valley
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Detailed Description
Bones of a juvenile Columbian mammoth eroding out of sediments dating to ~14,400 years before present. In all, SBCMscientists discovered and collected more than 500 fossil localities and curated 20,000+ fossils from the upper Las Vegas Wash. (Photograph courtesy of Eric Scott.)