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Few other fossil discoveries like this exist in California, a California State University paleontologist said. By Story at a glance A government ranger discovered a petrified forest while on patrol last year. Found in California’s Mokelumne River watershed, the petrified forest also contained fossils from the Miocene era, around 10 million years ago. During a survey of the area, 600 petrified trees, a rhino skeleton and an 8-million-year-old mastodon skull were uncovered there. A government ranger in California discovered “bones of great beasts” amid a petrified forest while on patrol last year, including 600 petrified trees, a rhino skeleton and an 8-million-year-old mastodon skull, according to Smithsonian Magazine. ....
One of the biggest fossil finds in California history has revealed ancient elephants, camels, and bone-crushing dogs One of the biggest fossil finds in California history has revealed ancient elephants, camels, and bone-crushing dogshttps://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/one-of-the-biggest-fossil-finds-in-california-history-has-revealed-ancient-elephants-camels-and-bone-crushing-dogs/slidelist/83064797.cms2021-05-29T17:53:42+05:30 2021-05-28T23:32:45+05:30 One of the biggest fossil finds in California history has revealed ancient elephants, camels, and bone-crushing dogs Aylin WoodwardMay 29, 2021, 17:53 IST A fossilized mastodon skull and tusk discovered in an area of California east of Oakland.East Bay Municipal Utility District A ranger patrolling a watershed area east of Oakland, California discovered a trove of hundreds of fossils last summer from nearly a dozen ancient species. The site contains hundreds of petrified trees as well. ....
Ranger Greg Francek discovered a petrified tree that s million of years old in northern California. East Bay Municipal Utility District The rock wasn t a rock at all, but a petrified tree that was millions of years old. One end of the tree was partially exposed, and to my surprise I could see the tree rings, Francek said. The land Francek was patrolling is east of the San Francisco Bay he has monitored watershed land for California s East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) as a naturalist for more than a decade. Francek knew he d come across something special, so he called paleontologist Russell Shapiro at California State University, Chico. ....
“It started with me being at the right place at the right time and having an eye for something that was a bit out of place,” said Greg Francek, who spotted the fossils. ....