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| has gloss | eng: Pipe Creek Sinkhole near Swayzee in Grant County, Indiana, is one of the most important paleontological sites in the interior of the eastern half of North America, due to preservation, and the exception from typical glacial strata mixing from glaciation. Uncovered in 1996 by workers at the Pipe Creek Junior limestone quarry, the sinkhole has yielded a diverse array of fossils from the Pliocene epoch dating back five million years. Discoveries have been made there of the remains of camelids, bears, beavers, frogs, snakes, turtles and several previously unknown species of rodents. Two fish taxa, bullhead (Ameiurus) and sunfish (Centrarchidae), have also been found there. |
| lexicalization | eng: Pipe Creek Sinkhole |
| instance of | (noun) a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment Great Depression, Depression |
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| geo loc | geographic location 40.46081 -85.79462 |
| media:img | Pipe Creek Sinkhole.jpg |
| media:img | Pipe Creek Turtle.jpg |
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