The world's best-preserved fossils are right outside Chicago: But there are no dinosaur bones at Mazon Creek

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May 27, 2025, 10:50 am185 ptsTop
Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal mine, the waste pile—located on a massive river delta from another era—is an unremarkable remnant from the…

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