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  • Hunting for fossils in Madison County, Montana

    Jun 2, 2016 1:30 pm by Sam HeadsResearch
    The Ruby Valley of southwest Montana. Photo by Nathan Stariha

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    • The Ruby Valley of southwest Montana. Photo by Nathan Stariha

    University of Illinois entomologist and paleontologist Sam Heads and his team are in the Ruby Valley of southwest Montana to hunt for fossils from the Oligocene epoch, some 23 million to 33 million years ago.