Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil specimen
gptkbp:age gptkb:Early_Pliocene
4.5 to 4.9 million years old
gptkbp:containsFossilsOf gptkb:fish
birds
insects
alligators
amphibians
mastodons
plants
turtles
rodents
red pandas
tapirs
rhinoceroses
sloths
saber-toothed cats
gptkbp:discoveredBy 2000
gptkbp:excavation_ongoing yes
gptkbp:hasMuseum Gray Fossil Site Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee
gptkbp:location gptkb:Gray,_Washington_County,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:notableSite Mammut americanum (American mastodon)
Pristinailurus bristoli (extinct red panda)
Tapirus polkensis (tapir)
Teleoceras (rhinoceros)
gptkbp:openToPublic 2007
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:East_Tennessee_State_University
gptkbp:significance one of the richest Cenozoic fossil sites in eastern North America
gptkbp:type_of_deposit gptkb:cave
gptkbp:website https://www.etsu.edu/grayfossilsite/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tapirus_polkensis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7