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 […]

Students in 2007’s paleontology seminar explore a fossil mammal site in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
The Friends’ summer seminar series at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is now open for registration. These hands-on, field-based seminars are aimed at teachers and other adults interested in the science and history of the Rocky Mountains. They […]

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 […]