Media Collection: John Day Formation
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Turtle Cove Assemblage, John Day.
The National Park Service has created several murals illustrating the ancient fossil bed landscapes and the plants and animals that thrived there. Most murals include numbered detail guides. Click here to see these remarkable murals. Courtesy National Park Service, Roger Witter -
Sheep Rock.
Sheep Rock Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi76229
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Ship Rock formation, Painted Hills. John Day.
Courtesy Oregon State University Libraries -
Painted Hills.
Painted Hills Courtesy National Park Service
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Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument..
Photograph of Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Lava flows of the Columbia River Basalt Group (picture Gorge Basalt) rest on top the colorful beds of the John Day Formation. Photograph by Marli Miller. Courtesy Marli Miller