Titanic Discovery

Titanic Discovery (HM24UG)

Location: Wall, SD 57790 Jackson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 46.323', W 102° 0.22'

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The discovery of this specimen led to the golden age of paleontology in North America. After acquiring this fossil from fur traders, Dr. Hiram Prout wrote about it in 1846. His description captured the attention of scientists. At that time, vertebrate paleontology , the study of ancient creatures with a backbone, was a young science. Many began to do further field work on fossils from the western United States.

Titanotheres ate leafy plants and thrived in the warm, subtropical climate. Their family lineage became extinct as climate and habitats changed. Rock layers younger than the Chadron Formation show no evidence of titanothere fossils in the park.

Titanothere
Megacerops

These huge herbivores resemble modern rhinoceroses but were from a different family. All titanotheres became extinct around 34 million years ago. Many titanthere fossils have been found in this area.
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HM NumberHM24UG
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Placed ByBadlands National Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, January 22nd, 2018 at 1:03am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 741151 N 4850919
Decimal Degrees43.77205000, -102.00366667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 46.323', W 102° 0.22'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 46' 19.38" N, 102° 0' 13.2" W
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Area Code(s)605
Closest Postal AddressAt or near SD-240, Wall SD 57790, US
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