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Fall 2001
November 2-4 2001

Most of the fossil on this page were collected by field trip participants from Iron Canyon. Fossils are fairly scarce in this area, but are significant since they represent some of the oldest fossils from the Dove Spring Formation (10.2-12.5 million years).

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	Collector: Don Farkas Specimen: Bone-crushing dog (Canidae); lower incisor Museum catalogue number: LACM 149550 Age: approximately 9.2-9.3 millions of years
	Collector: Amy Horbund Specimen: Camel (Camelidae); left anklebone & toes (astragalus + proximal & medial phalanx) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149299 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collector: Ethan Kolodny Specimen: Weasels (Mustelidae);incomplete upper second molar (incomplete M2) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149296 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collector: Ethan Kolodny Specimen: Forked horned antilope (Paracosoryx sp.); incomplete horn core Museum catalogue number: LACM 149545 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collector: Laura McCormick Specimen: Forked horned antilope (Paracosoryx sp.); incomplete horn core Museum catalogue number: LACM 149297 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collector: Karen Paris Specimen: Bone-crushing dog (Canidae); incomplete shoulder blade (incomplete scapula) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149547 Age: approximately 9.2-9.3 millions of years
	Collector: Karen Paris Specimen: Bone-crushing dog (Canidae); wrist bone (carpal) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149549 Age: approximately 9.2-9.3 millions of years
	Collector: Jackie Sanchez Specimen: Camel (Camelidae); incomplete upper arm bone (distal humerus fragment) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149295 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collectors: Bayard Storey Specimen: Camel (Camelidae); incomplete lower leg bone (distal tibia fragment) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149298 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collectors: Katherine Stowe Specimen: Three-toed horse (Equidae); cannon bone (proximal Metacarpal III) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149300 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collectors: Julius Woythaler Specimen: Three-toed horse (Hipparion sp.); anterior skull fragment (incomplete left premaxilla with I1-2) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149546 Age: approximately 11.5-12.5 millions of years.
	Collectors: Mathew Yori Specimen: Bone-crushing dog (Canidae); knee cap (patella) Museum catalogue number: LACM 149548 Age: approximately 9.2-9.3 millions of years

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