Detailed description is Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area is a 40-acre privately owned site in Fremont County, Colorado. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1980.OverviewThere are 25 types of trace fossils of horseshoe crab, brachiopods, trilobites and pawless armor-plated fish that lived 450 millions years ago in a lagoon. The fossils are set in rock of Harding Formation. It is considered North America's best site of trace fossils because its shows the movement of the ancient animals. Tracks left by the animals walking, swimming and burrowing in what had been a tidal lagoon's mudflat.The site is located along the Gold Belt Byway on the grounds of the Indians Springs Campground. Owners conduct tours of the fossil site.Fossil sitesThe National Park Service has several sites across the country that protects fossils, which includes trace, plant, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. The sites are protected for their educational and scientific value. Other sites in Colorado include the Dinosaur National Monument and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.Colorado Natural AreaIt is a designated area under the Colorado Natural Areas Program because there are 25 different types of trace fossils from crabs to fish and trilobites from the Ordovician Period. There are 93 designated sites that in total protect more than 250 endangered, rare, or threatened species.
Established in the recent years Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area in fremont, colorado in united-states.
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