The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

Scientists, including Friends president Steven W. Veatch, will be continuing research on the Ice Age mammoth discovered at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in 2002. Veatch, who has an M.S. in geology from Emporia State University, presented a paper on the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in […]

The last of the new Visitor Center exhibits at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument have been installed. They include a diagram of a stratigraphic column showing the different types of rocks in the park, touchable samples of rock and fossil wood, and an changing board showcasing currently research at the park and partnership projects […]

Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado, a Geological Society of America special paper, is now available from the GSA Bookstore. This volume collects 11 papers on research, resource management, and history at the Fossil Beds.

The ancestors of these modern marine diatoms coexisted with the dinosaurs. Photo Credit: Dr. Neil Sullivan, University of Southern California/NOAA
University of Colorado at Boulder graduate student Mary Ellen Benson, M.S., gave a talk about her doctoral research at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCM) on February 7.
Benson’s talk, titled “Exceptional Diversity of […]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument’s scientific database is back
up at planning.nps.gov/flfo/. Web users can search for important Florissant specimens in museum collections around the world and view associated data and photographs.
The park has received a Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU) grant, in conjunction with the University of Colorado at Boulder, to update and expand […]