What is unique about ash-fall fossils?

Answer 1

I got this: "Unlike most fossil deposits, which consist of scattered bones accumulated over extended periods of time, the ash bed contains mostly articulated remains with bones still joined together in the proper order." From here: http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/ashfall.html

Answer 2

The Ashfall Fossil Beds are located in Nebraska. When the Yellowstone super volcano erupted between 10 and 12 million years ago, an enormous blanket of ash buried many animals, which were preserved as fossils to the present day. It was discovered when the skull of a rhino was seen sticking out of a gully wall in 1971. I couldn't find the name of the discoverer.

Answer 3

Because thats where they lived, and they still dont know how they got extinct there in the ash fall

Answer 4

The Ashfall fossil beds are located in northeastern Nebraska. No one person is credited with finding the fossils. The beds were formed around 12 million years ago.

Answer 5

Because fossils are ancient things that have been around since prehistoric times.