A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Fluvial crossbeds at Dinosaur Ridge |
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| Description | A national landmark, Dinosaur Ridge is located on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains near Morrison, Colorado. The site contains Jurassic dinosaur bones including both Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus, as well as Cretaceous footprints belonging to ornithopods and theropods. This view shows fluvial crossbeds in the Plainview Formation (Dakota Group, mid Cretaceous). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cretaceous |
| Lithostratigraphy | Dakota Group |
| Geologic province | Rocky Mountains |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Denver. Near Denver. Dinosaur Ridge. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 1999. |
| Collection | EI6I02399IF-17. |
| Key words | Dakota Group, Plainview Formation, cross beds, Colorado |
| Tech details | 383 KB. Outcrop. Canon EOS Rebel, 55mm, Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA. |
| GeoDIL number | 1761 |
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