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Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds

By Alison Pearce Stevens
Illustrators Illustrated by Matt Hyunth Edition

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Publisher Macmillan Imprint Henry Holt and Company, Inc. ISBN

9781250266576

Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds

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This jaw-dropping nonfiction middle grade book tells the story of the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska, the resting place of more than two hundred prehistoric animals.



Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and camels roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes—eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else’s lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia.



Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery.



This is the first book to be published about the Ashfall Fossil Beds, where more than 200 perfectly preserved fossils have been found. Step into the past with author Alison Pearce Stevens, who has worked with many of the Ashfall researchers at the University of Nebraska State Museum.

Glossary. Author’s note. Resources. Index. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations. 
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