Fossil Butte National Monument


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Scientists Researching Fossil Butte
Dr. Paul Bucchiem
Sedimentologist/Stratigrapher

Dr. Buchheim is a professor at Loma Linda University, California, and has studied the sediments and paleoecosystems of Fossil Lake for over 25 years.

Some of his papers are published on the web:

A Walk Through Time at Fossil Butte: Historical Geology of the Green River Formation at Fossil Butte National Monument

Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Culminating Phase of Eocene Fossil Lake, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
Mark A. Loewen and H. Paul Buchheim

Dr. Buchheim's interests include the paleoenvironments and depositional history of Fossil Lake.

Dr. Lance Grande
Paleontologist

Dr. Grande is curator of fossil fishes for the Department of Geology of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

There is a very good Field Museum of Natural History page about Dr. Grande.

Dr. Grande has published on many of the fishes and other fossils from Fossil Lake.

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