Fossil Beds

Fossil Beds (HM11RK)

Location: Canadian, TX 79014 Roberts County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 44.465', W 100° 33.449'

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(three miles southeast)

Cited as one of most prolific fossil fields of lower Pliocene age at time of discovery, these beds are about 13,000,000 years old. Geologists of Rio Bravo Oil Company found them in 1928 on C.C. Coffee Ranch, and their reports brought specialists from several major institutions to the area.

The fossil bones buried here included (among others) those of a prehistoric camel, a kind of antelope, horse, bone-crushing dog, mastodon and wild pig.

Further studies led scientists in 1941 to adopt "Hemphillian" as the name for the geologic age represented by these fossils.
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HM NumberHM11RK
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Marker Number2039
Year Placed1970
Placed ByState Historical Survey Committee
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Date Added Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 4:52pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 359164 N 3956349
Decimal Degrees35.74108333, -100.55748333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 44.465', W 100° 33.449'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 44' 27.90" N, 100° 33' 26.94" W
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Area Code(s)806
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 523-709 Ranch Rd 3367, Canadian TX 79014, US
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