Photos from a trip to Eocene mammal fossil localities in Wyoming and Utah. Click on the photos to see a larger view. You can read about the trip at
http://urthreport.blogspot.com/
Halfway Hollow in the Duchesne River Formation south of Utah Hwy 121. This locality has produced quite a number of micro-mammal bones and teeth. Many of these fossils are only a millimeter or two in size.
Stuck again, this time in the sand.
Sandstone hoodoo in Uinta Formation, Utah.
Along the White River south of
Bonanza, Utah. The low light colored outcrops near the river on the right are the Green River Formation. All the rest of the outcrops are of the Uinta Formation. The Green River and Uinta Formations were deposited in lakes about 45-50 million years ago and contain a good fossil record of the animals and plants that lived in and around these lakes.
Van stuck in swelling clays of the Bridger Formation, Wyoming. Be careful where you drive when it's wet!
The Bridger Formation at Grizzly Buttes, southeast of Mountain View, Wyoming. The dark stripe near the bottom of the hills is the Henry's Fork Tuff bed that has an age of 46.9 million years. Thousands of fossil mammal bones and teeth have come from this area.
The Bridger Formation at Jackson Ridge along the
Oregon/Mormon Trail in Wyoming. Site of numerous Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's. The fossils are about 48 million years old.
The Bridger Formation at Church Butte, Wyoming along the
Oregon/Mormon Trail. Site of Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's.
Crab apple blossoms in our yard in
Provo.
(All photos were taken by Urthman, and may not be republished without permission)
Pond on golf course in Midway, Utah
Fall Colors near Midway, Utah
Marsh Peak in Springtime.
Sheep Creek Canyon with steep walls of Paleozoic rock.
Sheep Creek Canyon outcrops of Precambrian Uinta Mountain Group.
Spring fleabane daisies and other flowers.
Sheep Creek Canyon fold with red Precambrian Uinta Mountain Group on the left overlain by contorted Paleozoic rocks.
Fall colors in the aspens on the northeast flank of the Uinta Mountains.
Dwarf Indian Paintbrush in Marjum Pass, House Range, Utah
Yellow spikes for which I have no name (if you know it let me know) near Ibex, Utah.
Here's a pretty white flower for which I don't know the name near Ibex, Utah.
Orange flowers (another one for which I don't know the name) near Ibex, Utah.
Halfway Hollow in the Duchesne River Formation south of Utah Hwy 121. This locality has produced quite a number of micro-mammal bones and teeth. Many of these fossils are only a millimeter or two in size.
Stuck again, this time in the sand.
Sandstone hoodoo in Uinta Formation, Utah.
Along the White River south of Bonanza, Utah. The low light colored outcrops near the river on the right are the Green River Formation. All the rest of the outcrops are of the Uinta Formation. The Green River and Uinta Formations were deposited in lakes about 45-50 million years ago and contain a good fossil record of the animals and plants that lived in and around these lakes.
Van stuck in swelling clays of the Bridger Formation, Wyoming. Be careful where you drive when it's wet!
The Bridger Formation at Grizzly Buttes, southeast of Mountain View, Wyoming. The dark stripe near the bottom of the hills is the Henry's Fork Tuff bed that has an age of 46.9 million years. Thousands of fossil mammal bones and teeth have come from this area.
The Bridger Formation at Jackson Ridge along the Oregon/Mormon Trail in Wyoming. Site of numerous Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's. The fossils are about 48 million years old.
The Bridger Formation at Church Butte, Wyoming along the Oregon/Mormon Trail. Site of Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's.
Crab apple blossoms in our yard in Provo.
Grandpa Jensen's birthplace and home while growing up in Pleasant View, Utah.
Norma Jensen in the orchard about 1942
Lt. Reinhart T. Kowallis in about 1942
Cheryl and Karla about 1946.
Baby Cheryl with Mother 1944.
Ah...the joys of camp life (Bart, Jill, and Kim).
Eating watermelon with the lambs - 1959 (Jill, Kent, Kim, Bart, Mom)
Cliff edge near Hell's Backbone, Utah.
Red Canyon, near Bryce Canyon National Park after a fall shower.
Cross-bedded sandstones along Highway 12 near Boulder, Utah.
Cedar Breaks National Monument in October.
Aspens on south end of Aquarius Plateau, Utah.
Morning light at Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Desert rain storm at lower Blues viewpoint near Henrieville, Utah.
Aspen woods, central Utah.
View of Boulder Mountain from Hell's Backbone, near Escalante, Utah.
Scenery near Hell's Backbone, near Escalante, Utah.
Fall flow from Utah's largest spring, Mammoth Spring near Cedar Breaks Natl Mon
