What is the geography of Hagerman, Idaho?

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Hagerman is located at (42.816904, -114.897546). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 km sq (0.3 square miles), all land. Hagerman is the home of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument of the U. S. National Park Service. No other fossil beds preserve such varied land and aquatic species from the time period called the Pliocene Epoch. More than 180 animal species of both vertebrates and invertebrates and 35 plant species have been found in hundreds of individual fossil sites. Eight species are found nowhere else, and 43 were found here first. The Hagerman Horse, ''Equus simplicidens'', exemplifies the quality of the fossils. These fossil beds have produced 20 complete skeletons and a number of partial skeletons of this zebra-like ancestor of todayâ€™s horse. (Adapted from the Hagerman Fossil Beds Official Map and Guide.) More information is available at the monument website http://www.nps.gov/hafo. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagerman%2C_Idaho

Hagerman is located at (42.816904, -114.897546). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 km sq (0.3 square miles), all land. Hagerman is the home of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument of the U. S. National Park Service. No other fossil beds preserve such varied land and aquatic species from the time period called the Pliocene Epoch. More than 180 animal species of both vertebrates and invertebrates and 35 plant species have been found in hundreds of individual fossil sites. Eight species are found nowhere else, and 43 were found here first. The Hagerman Horse, ''Equus simplicidens'', exemplifies the quality of the fossils. These fossil beds have produced 20 complete skeletons and a number of partial skeletons of this zebra-like ancestor of todayâ€™s horse. (Adapted from the Hagerman Fossil Beds Official Map and Guide.) More information is available at the monument website http://www.nps.gov/hafo. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagerman%2C_Idaho

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