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Special Event

Event

Mammoth Cave National Park Fossil Day

Mammoth Cave National Park

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 37.000000, -86.000000


Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor Center

Dates & Times

Date:

Monday, October 23, 2023

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

4 hours

Type of Event

Children’s Program
Other
Partner Program

CDT

Description

Join paleontologists, educators, and park guides to celebrate National Fossil Day at Mammoth Cave National Park on Monday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The park will host hands on activities to highlights the extensive fossil history of Mammoth Cave, the newly discovered shark species Strigilodus tollesonae, and all things fossils.

  • Explore displays of real fossil specimens including corals, crinoids, brachiopods, gastropods, sharks, mammals, dinosaurs and more. Scientists from the National Park Service (NPS) Paleontology Program, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky Geological Survey, and Dinosaur Park in Laurel Maryland will be on hand to show off their fossils and tell you all about them.
  • Become a Junior Paleontologist! Earn your official Junior Ranger Paleontologist badge as you complete fun activities about Earth’s history, ancient life and what it is that paleontologists do. Booklets are available in person at the visitor center or on the Junior Paleontologist website.

More information

Reservation or Registration: No

Image Gallery

A small shark tooth fossil embedded into a rock wall next to a larger horn coral fossil.
A small shark tooth fossil embedded into a rock wall next to a larger horn coral fossil.
Shark and marine invertebrate fossils are found embedded throughout the walls of Mammoth Cave National Park
NPS Photo
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