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Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 220 kilometres (137 mi) east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Brooks.. The park is situated in the Red Deer River valley, which is noted for its striking badland topography, and abundance of dinosaur fossils.
The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76.5 and 74.4 million years ago. [3]
Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan; Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta; Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia; Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
The bonebeds at Hilda and in Dinosaur Provincial Park also preserve similar quantities and types of plant fossils. [15] The two areas differed, however, in that all of the component bonebeds of the Hilda mega-bonebed, apart from H97-04, were smaller and preserved lower numbers of dinosaurs than those of the park. [31]
The park is undisturbed and is home to animals of boreal forests, including grizzly bear, wolf, and caribou. [7] Dinosaur Provincial Park: Alberta: 1979 71; vii, viii (natural) The area is a practically undisturbed semi-arid steppe with badlands topography.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Dinosaur Provincial Park [Note 2] Dinosaur Park Formation: Cretaceous (Campanian) North America: Canada: Alberta:
Dinosaurs at Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, the oldest dinosaur park. A dinosaur park usually refers to a theme park in which several life-size sculptures or models of prehistoric animals, especially dinosaurs are displayed. The first dinosaur park worldwide was Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, which opened in London in 1854. Other dinosaur parks are ...
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