Fossil Fishes & More

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Wyoming, USA
Fossil Fishing in Southwestern Wyoming

Go fishing for fossils in Wyoming's 52-million-year-old "Fossil Lake" with curator Dr. Lance Grande and his team, and you'll come home with quite a catch. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Grande has collected thousands of fossilized fish, as well as plants, insects, crocodiles, turtles, stingrays, birds, mammals, and more, from the Green River Formation—the world's most productive freshwater fossil deposit!

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At A Glance

Who:
Lance Grande, Ph.D.
What:
Fossils & Meteorites
Where:
Wyoming, USA
When:
July 2008

Meet the Scientist

Lance Grande, Ph.D.
Curator, Fossil Fishes, The Field Museum
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