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  2. Jurassic National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Jurassic National Monument, at the site of the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, well known for containing the densest concentration of Jurassic dinosaur fossils ever found, is a paleontological site located near Cleveland, Utah, in the San Rafael Swell, a part of the geological layers known as the Morrison Formation.

  3. Utahraptor State Park - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of fossil sites - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Dinosaur National Monument - Wikipedia

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    President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the dinosaur beds as Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. The monument boundaries were expanded in 1938 from the original 80 acres (0.13 sq mi; 0.32 km 2) surrounding the dinosaur quarry in Utah, to 210,844 acres (329 sq mi; 853 km 2) in Utah and Colorado, encompassing the river canyons of the Green and Yampa. [2]

  6. St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site - Wikipedia

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    The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is a fossil site and museum at Johnson Farm in Saint George, Utah. [1] The museum preserves thousands of dinosaur footprints right at the original site of discovery. The site was discovered by accident on February 26, 2000 by Dr. Sheldon Johnson, a retired optometrist and resident of St. George.

  7. Hanksville-Burpee Quarry - Wikipedia

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    Hanksville-Burpee Quarry is the name given a paleontological excavation site approximately 150 feet (46 m) wide by 600 feet (180 m) long near Hanksville, Utah, US, where scientists have found a large mix of remains of sauropods, trees, freshwater clams and other species dating between 145 million years ago to 150 million years ago.

  8. Wahweap Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Wahweap Formation of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument is a geological formation in southern Utah and northern Arizona, around the Lake Powell region, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian stage). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]

  9. Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum

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    The Utah Field House of Natural History contains a rotunda, three exhibit halls, a classroom, a theater, and an outdoor garden. [4] The Geology Hall displays algae, dinosaur, and mammal fossils spanning more than 600 million years of history. There are also artistic representations of these life forms along with paintings of the geology of the ...

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