Show camel fossils found I 1 camels that once roamed the dry grasslands that are now rock strata beneath the soil of south dakota are represented in fossil collections sent back to the field museum 0 of f natural history here by an expedition 1 un der the leadership of paul 0 mcgrew 1 the camels lived live d in america j during miocene time bout about years ago like the primitive horses that were their contemporaries they later became extinct in north america mr Mc Grews search for fossils has been conducted largely in the vicinity of wounded knee famous as a battlefield where white soldiers fought indians in the later phases of the plains insurrections the party has now moved on to northwestern nebraska where skeletons of other extinct camel species are being dug out 1 |