February Event:
Geologic Change in Western North America Since the Age of Dinosaurs
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PLANTS

The presence of petrified wood scattered across the desert floor tells a vivid story of pre-historic woodlands in the distant past.

PALEOCLIMATE

The climatic and environmental story told by the rocks and fossils of the Park begins about 7 million years ago in the Miocene.

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VERTEBRATES

Discoveries from the fossil beds of the Anza-Borrego Desert have contributed to our understanding of the evolutionary history of  many vertebrate lineages.


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ROCKS

A look inside the rocks of Borrego. Bright colors identify the components of this plutonic rock.


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MAMMOTHS

The climatic and environmental story told by the rocks and fossils of the Park begins about 7 million years ago in the Miocene.

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INVERTEBRATES

Many of the species live today in the Gulf of California and a surprising number survive only in the Caribbean Sea.

STRATIGRAPHY

Forces originating in the relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates are tearing the southwestern edge of  North America apart.

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RECENT DISCOVERIES

A fossil bird beak found in the 1960s has recently been re-identified as belonging to a “terror bird" - family Phorusrhacidae.

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EVENTS


Plan to join us in October for our annual Open House, November for the start of our Certification Program, and at our monthly lectures from December to April.

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