Giant Camels and More Treasures Discovered in Fossilised California Forest
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Mastodon teeth, dug out of an ancient petrified forest in California. (Photo: Jason Halley (California State University, Chico))
First, the trees came out of the ground. A few weeks later, the bones emerged. Bit by bit over the past year, a team of paleontologists and geologists, among others, have uncovered the fossilised remains of a Miocene forest, from its gomphotheres and mastodons to the trees themselves.
A park ranger, Greg Francek, stumbled upon the site last summer. It lies east of San Francisco, near what is today the Mokelumne River. “I was on patrol out on the watershed and I happened upon a petrified tree,” Francek said in a statement put out by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. “After finding dozens of trees, I began to realise that what I was looking at was the petrified remains of a forest.” Further excavations over the following weeks yielded bones, and a stratigraphic
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A park ranger from California has made what’s being hailed as the ‘most significant’ fossil find in the state’s history.
The tusks uncovered at the site. Image credits Jason Halley / California State University Photographer.
Greg Francek, a ranger naturalist with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), a public utility district that provides water and sewage treatment services around San Francisco, has recently been on quite an adventure. While at work in the Mokelumne River watershed area in the foothills of the Sierra mountains southeast of Sacramento he stumbled upon an ancient, petrified woodland. Here, he found a treasure trove of fossils.
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Musical Christmas cards from Chico State musicians can be shared virtually this year
Some holiday cheer is shared here by Chico State s Music Department after students had to pivot their public performances due to the pandemic.
Posted: Dec 19, 2020 2:46 PM
Updated: Dec 25, 2020 5:07 PM
Posted By: Lorraine Dechter, Amy Lanski
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CHICO, Calif. - Have you sent out any Christmas cards yet? This year you can send virtual holiday musical greetings from the talented students and professors from California State University, Chico. Glorious Sounds of the Season is the annual holiday event performed at Laxson Auditorium each December. It always features students, professors, and the Chico State Music Department s honor bands and ensembles.