During the Pleistocene, also known as the Ice Age, the wash provided verdant habitat for several species of now-extinct mammals, including Columbian mammoths, American lions, camels, dire wolves, and ground sloths.
The discovery of abundant fossils onsite triggered a long history of scientific research, which includes the famous “Big Dig” of 1962-3, the largest interdisciplinary scientific expedition of its kind up to that point.
Ice Age Fossils in Clark County, NV
Ice Age Fossils in Clark County, NV
During the Pleistocene, also known as the Ice Age, the wash provided verdant habitat for several species of now-extinct mammals, including Columbian mammoths, American lions, camels, dire wolves, and ground sloths.
The discovery of abundant fossils onsite triggered a long history of scientific research, which includes the famous “Big Dig” of 1962-3, the largest interdisciplinary scientific expedition of its kind up to that point.