Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument renowned for its exceptionally rich late Pliocene fossil deposits, including the famous Hagerman horse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument canonical | 5 |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds Visitor Center | 2 |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8374813 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Context triple: [Gooding County, Idaho, hasProtectedArea, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument]
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Fossil Butte National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument is a protected area in southwestern Wyoming renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era fossil beds, especially fossil fish.
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in western Nebraska renowned for its exceptionally rich Miocene-era fossil deposits and preserved prairie landscape.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in central Colorado renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era plant and insect fossils, including large petrified redwood stumps.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a U.S. protected area on the Colorado–Utah border renowned for its extensive dinosaur fossil beds, dramatic canyons, and rugged desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Target entity description: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument renowned for its exceptionally rich late Pliocene fossil deposits, including the famous Hagerman horse.
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A.
Fossil Butte National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument is a protected area in southwestern Wyoming renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era fossil beds, especially fossil fish.
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B.
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
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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C.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in western Nebraska renowned for its exceptionally rich Miocene-era fossil deposits and preserved prairie landscape.
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D.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in central Colorado renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era plant and insect fossils, including large petrified redwood stumps.
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E.
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a U.S. protected area on the Colorado–Utah border renowned for its extensive dinosaur fossil beds, dramatic canyons, and rugged desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. National Monument
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paleontological site ⓘ protected area ⓘ |
| containsFossilOf |
Equus simplicidens
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Hagerman horse ⓘ beavers ⓘ birds ⓘ camels ⓘ early horses ⓘ fish ⓘ ground sloths ⓘ mastodons ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designation | National Monument ⓘ |
| ecosystem | semi-arid shrub-steppe ⓘ |
| established | 1988 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 1988 ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | late Pliocene ⓘ |
| hasArea |
approximately 10,800 acres
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approximately 4,351 hectares ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
badlands topography
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bluffs above the Snake River ⓘ |
| hasIUCNCategory | Category III ⓘ |
| hasNearestCity | Twin Falls, Idaho ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFossil | Hagerman horse ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important for understanding horse evolution
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one of the richest late Pliocene fossil sites in North America ⓘ type locality for Equus simplicidens ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter |
Hagerman Fossil Beds Visitor Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
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| knownFor |
Hagerman horse fossils
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late Pliocene fossil deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gooding County, Idaho
ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hagerman, Idaho ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Snake River ⓘ |
| mainFossilLocalityAge | about 3.5 million years old ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| offers |
educational programs
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hiking trails ⓘ paleontological research opportunities ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Park System
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linked to:
United States National Park System
Snake River Plain ⓘ |
| protects |
Snake River riparian habitat
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fossil-bearing sedimentary strata ⓘ |
| timePeriodRepresented | Blancan North American Land Mammal Age ⓘ |
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Subject: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Description of subject: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument renowned for its exceptionally rich late Pliocene fossil deposits, including the famous Hagerman horse.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
linked to: Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument