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How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils
Season 1
Episode 54
One of the most dynamic, transformative, and potentially dangerous features in North America is also responsible for some of the continent’s most amazing fossil deposits. It’s a supervolcano we now call Yellowstone.
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