![]() ![]() Jay Matternes/ The Smithsonian Institution The new study led by The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences revealed that elephant-like gomphotheres, rhinos, horses and antelopes with slingshot-shaped horns were among the species recovered near Beeville, Texas, by Great Depression-era fossil hunters. An artist’s interpretation of ancient North American fauna. ![]() The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that have been studied in small bits and pieces while stored in the state collections of The University of Texas at Austin for the past 80 years. AUSTIN, Texas – During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters.
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