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TitleBone at Dinosaur Ridge National Landmark, near Morrison, Colorado
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, as well as Cretaceous footprints belonging to ornithopods and theropods. Here we see a cross section of a dinosaur bone in river channel sandstone deposit, Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation.
LocationUSA ▹ Colorado ▹ Denver. Near Denver. Dinosaur Ridge.
PhotographerDexter Perkins. 2001-06-29.
CollectionE161023991F.
Key wordsDinosaur Ridge, dinosaur, tracks, Morrison, Colorado
Tech details280 KB. Outcrop. Cannon EOS Rebel 55mm. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 ASA.
GeoDIL number953