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  • Field Guide to Big Bone Lick, Kentucky: Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology by Glenn W. Storrs, H Gregory McDonald, Eric Scott, Robert A. Genheimer, Stanley E. Hedeen, and Cameron E. Schwalbach

    Field Guide to Big Bone Lick, Kentucky: Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology

    Big Bone Lick is the birthplace of vertebrate paleontology in the Western Hemisphere and has a long and celebrated history in the exploration of the American colonial frontier and of the early United States. Notable European scientists of the 18th century such as Buffon, Cuvier, and Hunter discussed the fossils found there. Prominent Americans of the time, such as Boone, Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson are also part of the site’s history. It is the type locality for several extinct late Pleistocene megafaunal mammals, most notably the iconic American Mastodon, who were attracted to the area by salt licks dictated by ...Read More

 
 
 

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