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Paleontology in Utah refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Utah. Utah has a rich fossil record spanning almost all of the geologic column. [1] During the Precambrian, the area of northeastern Utah now occupied by the Uinta Mountains was a shallow sea which was home to simple ...
Initially Utahraptor would have replaced another dinosaur, Allosaurus, as the state's official fossil, but it was decided that Utahraptor would be another symbol of the state. [42] In 2021, Steve Eliason [43] [44] successfully created a proposal for Utahraptor State Park where the block was discovered, proposed by the same Utah student, Kenyon ...
The park is located east of U.S. Route 191 and west of Arches National Park, and covers 6,500 acres (26 km 2).The park contains the Dalton Wells Quarry, which have yielded remains of dinosaurs that have advanced understanding of paleontology, such as those of the giant dromaeosaur dinosaur Utahraptor ostrommaysi. [2]
The Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale is a geologic unit in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period; and more specifically the middle Turonian. [1] [2] Named by Lupton (1916), the formation is readily divisible into upper and lower members on the basis of both lithologic character and depositional history ...
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains [4] on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry is located in Utah, north of the town of Jensen, Utah.
<p>If you even sort of paid attention in geography class you already know that the Earth didn't always look like it does today. At one point in our planet's history the various continental chunks ...
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils.Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
Baena † Baibisha – or unidentified comparable form † Bajarunia † Bajarunia confusionensis – type locality for species † Bakevellia † Bakevellia costata † Bakevellia costatus – or unidentified comparable form † Bakevellia exporrecta † Bakevellia silberlingi – type locality for species Life reconstruction of an individual rearing up to defend itself against a pair of ...