Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Location	Twin Falls County / Gooding County, Idaho, USA
Nearest city	Hagerman, IDNearest city: Hagerman, ID
Coordinates	42°47′25″N 114°56′43″W / 42.79028°N 114.94528°W / 42.79028; -114.94528Coordinates: 42°47′25″N 114°56′43″W / 42.79028°N 114.94528°W / 42.79028; -114.94528
Area	4,351 acres (17.60 km²)
Established	November 18, 1988 Established: November 18, 1988
Visitors	22,442 (in 2004)
Governing body	National Park Service

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument near Hagerman, Idaho, contains the largest concentration of Hagerman Horse fossils in North America. The 4,351-acre (17.6 km²) Monument is internationally significant because it protects the world's richest known fossil deposits from a time period called the late Pliocene epoch, 3.5 million years ago. These plants and animals represent the last glimpse of that time that existed before the Ice Age, and the earliest appearances of modern flora and fauna.

[edit] Notable fossil species

• Hagerman Horse, Equus simplicidens, formerly known as Plesippus shoshonensis

[edit] External links

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• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument official site

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