L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 18, 2005 15:45:22 GMT -5
Work begins on museum at fossil site10/18/2005 11:31 AM By: Associated Press (JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.) - Construction has begun on a museum at the Gray Fossil Site. Grading and excavation for the 25,000-square-foot museum is expected to take two to three weeks. The museum is at a site rich in prehistoric fossils. It was discovered in 2000 as the state was widening state Route 75 about ten miles west of Johnson City. It's about 45 miles west of Boone. Fragments of rhinoceros teeth and bones helped date the find to the Miocene Epoch, some 4.5 million to 18 million years ago. Researchers eventually unearthed the most complete rhino skeleton ever found in the eastern U.S. There have been a number of other species found at the dig, which scientists say was a prehistoric sinkhole. The museum is expected to open late next year. News 14 Carolina rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=75825&SecID=2ETSU www.etsu.edu/grayfossilsite/
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