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TitleDinosaur tracks at Dinosaur Ridge National Landmark, near Morrison, Colorado (Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation)
DescriptionA 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, and Cretaceous footprints belonging to ornithopods and theropods. Here we see dinosaur tracks in cross section, probably made by brontosaurs. Note camera for scale.
ChronostratigraphyUpper Jurassic
Geologic provinceRocky Mountains
LocationUSA ▹ Colorado ▹ Denver. Near Denver. Dinosaur Ridge.
PhotographerDexter Perkins. 2001-06-29.
CollectionE161023991F.
Key wordsDinosaur Ridge
Tech details558 KB. Outcrop. Cannon EOS Rebel 55mm. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA.
GeoDIL number952