Title

Kemmerer

Caption

Kemmerer, Wyoming, Fossil Butte National Monument. The fossil of a softshell aquatic turtle (Plastomenus thomasii) is among fossils on display at the visitor center. Huge numbers of fossils of fish and other plant and animal life have been recovered from Fossil Lake, which covered the area 52 million years ago

Date

Jul 09, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK23B44_409

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72,7Mb (3,5Mb) / 13,7in x 20,6in / 4116 x 6174 (300dpi)

Keywords

Finding Fish Fishes Fossilisation Memorial Memorial site Memorials Monument National Monument National Monuments No People North America Pisces Reptile Reptiles Reptilia Testudines Turtle Turtles US-American Water turtle Wyoming animal animals archaeologic archaeological archaeology archeologic archeological archeology area areas cover covered deserted display displays empty find finds fossil fossilised fossilization fossilized fossils historic historical million millions national monument nature no one nobody palaeontology paleontology petrification petrified plant plants territory turtle turtles uninhabited visitor center visitor centers visitor centre visitors' center visitors' centre year years America American US-America USA United States United States of America