home   Printer friendly version Add to site
Advanced search
Time & Space Fossil Gallery Famous Flora & Fauna
Careers Resources K-12 Collections PaleoPeople

The Quaternary in Nebraska, US

Quaternary in Nebraska map
 

Choose a time period:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Quaternary Fossils
Fossil photos from Quaternary in Nebraska

Previous (5 slides) Next
Search the fossil gallery

Paleontology and geology

The Nebraskan glacial stage was named for the extensive Early Quaternary (Pleistocene) deposits of clays, sands, and gravels that blanket all of the state except the far eastern counties. Ancient soil horizons can also be found in the Pleistocene deposits, indicating times when the ice melted back and forests grew up. Fossils of mammoths, mastodons, camels, ferrets, birds, bison, horses, and other vertebrates have been found in Nebraska’s Quaternary deposits.


Wyoming State Map
South Dakota State Map
Iowa State Map
Missouri State Map
Kansas State Map
Colorado State Map