I Dig Fossils - 21 minutes; Mazon Productions.
     This tape is labeled "for children of all ages," but it is basically for the younger set.  There are illustrations of sedimentary processes including how fossils are developed.  Safety precautions in collecting are featured and information on source books dealing with fossil collecting are listed.

Buried in Ash - 60 minutes; NOVA.
     This tape reviews the work of Mike Voorhies, paleontologist at three sites in north-central Nebraska and, in particular, at the ashfall site where many rhinoceroses were covered by an ashfall from a prehistoric eruption 1,000 miles away in southwestern Idaho; this eruption had an intensity at least 100 times greater than that of Mt. St. Helens.  Seventy skeletons of five species of horses were also uncovered.  The evolution of the horse is also discussed.  Joe Thomasson, a paleo-botanist at Fort Hays State, is involved in a discussion of prehistoric flora.

Fossils:  Clues to Ancient Life - 6 1/2 min; Witte Museum

    Although short, this is an excellent review of fossils and their relation to life on earth.

Fossil Lake - 17 minutes; Dinosaur Nature Association. 
     This excellent tape describes the sedimentation of the Green River Formation (Eocene) where many fossils are found, inparticular, the Green River fishes.  An additional segment attached to the tape illustrates the field collection and laboratory preparation of the fossils.

Fossils of Kansas - 16 minutes; Instructional Video.
This video shows Kansas fossils and the environment  in which they were formed. 

The Mammoth Site - 51 minutes; West River Video Productions.
     This is an excellent tape that presents a very detailed tour of the site, describing the environment of the area and what transpired 26,000 years ago when mammoths and other mammals were trapped at this site.

Mammoths of the Ice Age - 54 minutes; NOVA. 
     This tape contains a detailed discussion of the extinction of the mammoths throughout the world and the various factors that influenced that extinction including climatic and vegetation changes as well as man.  Recent discoveries indicate that the mammoths existed until 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island whereas it was previously thought that they became extinct 11,000 years ago.

The Mammoth Site - DVD, 55 minutes - This site near Hot Springs, SD, which is more than 26,000 years old, was a sinkhole in the Spearfish Shale (Triassic) which trapped as many as 100 Columbian Mammoths and Wooly Mammoths.  So far, they have uncovered 56 skeletons (53 Columbian, 3 Wooly). Other mammals were trapped as well.

A Story in the Rocks - 18 minutes; Current Affairs Multimedia.
     A general interest introduction to Paleontology containing some realistic models of prehistoric creatures in their natural settings.  Reference is made to the use of fossils in oil exploration.