Tule Springs Fossil Beds
United States
About Tule Springs Fossil Beds
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument preserves significant Ice Age fossils and archaeological sites in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada. The monument protects fossils of mammoths, ground sloths, American lions, and other Pleistocene megafauna that lived in the area between 7,000 and 200,000 years ago. Managed by the National Park Service, it also contains some of the oldest evidence of human presence in North America. The site provides crucial scientific insights into climate change and prehistoric life in the Mojave Desert region.