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Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentWindows on the Hornbek homestead
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Outdoor Exhibit Area
View of massive, white petrified stump of redwood tree under an open metal shelter with a green valley in the background
Cliff and Jean Dickey
View from the "Time Preserved" Outdoor Exhibit Area.
 
This outdoor exhibit provides views of petrified redwood trees and it is fully accessible. Wayside exhibits interpret the geologic history and the significances of the fossils.
illustration of rhinocerous-like mammal  

Did You Know?
Fossil remains of a brontothere, a rhinocerous-like creature, have been found in the Florissant fossil beds.

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