Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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• Museum Unveils Mastodon Specimens at the Capitol
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• Crews Pull More Than 100 Bones From Dig Site
• Ice Age Site Yields Five Mastodon Pelvises, Plus Two Tusks, Two Skulls
• Bone Count Reaches 546 at Ice Age Dig Site
• Museum Uncovers Mastodons of all Ages
• Today marks halfway point in seven-week dig
• National Geographic Follows Ice Age Dig
• Team Finds Evidence of Ice Age Horse
• Museum Finds Record Number of Fossils at Ice Age Site
• 27 Experts Dig into Science, Bone Count Tops 4,000
• Ice Age Site Yields 4,517 Bones from 20 Different Animals
• Museum Concludes Ice Age Fossil Excavation
• Science Updates and Landscape Paintings of the Dig Site
• Giant Bison on Display
• National Geographic and NOVA feature Ice Age fossil find in early 2012
• Museum Announces Plans for Digging Snowmastodon Book
• Snowmastodon Science Continues

Museum Unveils Mastodon Specimens at the Capitol

On Thursday, February 24, representatives from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science brought select mastodon specimens -- a leg bone and a tusk -- to the capitol to display for one day only. In addition, Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) delivered a resolution to recognize the extraordinary achievements of the teams involved in the discovery, excavation, preservation, study, and promotion of the Ice Age fossils found in the Town of Snowmass Village last fall. 

Members of the "Tusk Force," a local committee of leaders from Snowmass Village that is determining how to best share the scientific findings with the public, visited the Capitol to receive the resolution along with representatives from the Museum, and others involved with the discovery and preservation.  

"This is truly an extraordinary discovery for the state of Colorado. I am so pleased to be able to bring forward this resolution to acknowledge the outstanding teamwork in managing the discovery site and ongoing preservation and study of this important find," said Senator Schwartz, who was appointed to the "Tusk Force" based on her role as a resident of the Roaring Fork Valley for over 40 years and her representation of the area as a state senator since 2006.

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  Museum Unveils Mastodon Specimens at the Capitol

  Thursday, February 24, 2011
  Representatives from the Museum brought select mastodon specimens -- a leg bone and a tusk -- to the capitol to display for one day only.

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