Gomphothere's Invade Borrego Springs Traditional Cache
Gomphothere's Invade Borrego Springs
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Located in Galleta Meadow near the intersection of Big Horn and Borrego Valley Road. This is the second in a series in Galleta Meadows. Parking is near by and you are looking for an ammo can.
Gomphotheres have risen from the ground and invaded Borrego Springs. There are several fossils specimens at the Stout Paleo Lab, Gomphotheres are a group of extinct elephant-like animals (proboscideans) that were widespread in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, 12-1.6 million years ago. From about 5 million years ago onwards, they were slowly replaced by modern elephants, but the last species did not finally become extinct. Gomphotheres differed from elephants in their tooth structure. Most had four tusks, and their retracted facial and nasal bones prompt paleontologists to believe that gomphotheres had elephant-like trunks. The early gomphotheres had elongated upper and lower jaws, with relatively short tusks.
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Fgnaq ng AR pbeare bs srapr, jnyx 18 cnprf abegu, ghea evtug jnyx 10 cnprf R, AR bs gryrcubar cbyr, jnyx vagb gur nypbir oruvaq ybt.
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