Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
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| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | |
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| IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) | |
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| Location | Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA |
| Nearest city | Hagerman, ID |
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| Area | 4,351 acres (17.60 km²) |
| 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 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
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