John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

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national monument paleontological site

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Park Service site in Oregon renowned for its well-preserved fossil beds that document over 40 million years of plant and animal evolution.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument canonical 4
Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 1
Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national monument ⓘ
paleontological site ⓘ
containsFossilsOf camels ⓘ
early horses ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
plants ⓘ
rhinoceroses ⓘ
saber-toothed predators ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
documents over 40 million years of animal evolution ⓘ
over 40 million years of plant evolution ⓘ
ecosystem riparian zones ⓘ
semi-arid shrubland ⓘ
established October 8, 1975 ⓘ
geologicPeriod Eocene ⓘ
Miocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oligocene ⓘ
hasMuseum Thomas Condon Paleontology Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Clarno Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Painted Hills Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheep Rock Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Thomas Condon Paleontology Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
IUCNCategory III ⓘ
knownFor Cenozoic fossils ⓘ
Painted Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
paleontological research ⓘ
well-preserved fossil beds ⓘ
locatedIn Gilliam County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grant County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Wheeler County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy United States National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter John Day River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity John Day, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitchell, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
offers hiking trails ⓘ
interpretive exhibits ⓘ
scenic viewpoints ⓘ
partOf National Park System NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
river John Day River NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
subjectOf geologic research ⓘ
paleontological studies ⓘ
timeSpanDocumented approximately 44 million years ⓘ
USNPSParkCode JODA NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

eastern Oregon → hasProtectedArea → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Oregon
John Day, Oregon → locatedNear → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
John Day, Oregon → hasNearbyProtectedArea → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
Oregon Route 19 → passesNear → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
Wheeler County, Oregon → contains → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Wheeler County, Oregon → contains → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Wheeler County, Oregon → contains → John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument