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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]
Dinosaur Provincial Park: Alberta: 1979 71; vii, viii (natural) The area is a practically undisturbed semi-arid steppe with badlands topography. Fossils of more than 44 species, 34 genera, and 10 families of dinosaurs have been discovered in the park, representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs. More than 150 complete skeletons have ...
Non-Avian Dinosaur tracks, [2] plants, insects Dinosaur Provincial Park [Note 2] Dinosaur Park Formation: Cretaceous (Campanian) North America: Canada: Alberta: Non- Avian Dinosaurs: Dinosaur State Park: Jurassic: North America: US: Connecticut: Dinosaur tracks: Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park: Eocene: North America: Canada: British Columbia ...
The fossil was unearthed at Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta. The region during the Cretaceous Period was a forested coastal plain near the western shore of a vast inland sea that ...
Special Area No. 2 is a special area in southern Alberta, Canada.It is a rural municipality similar to a municipal district; however, the elected council is overseen by four representatives appointed by the province, the Special Areas Board.
Proposals to relocate a popular dinosaur park to make way for a Gypsy and traveller site have been dropped, a council has confirmed. Middlesbrough's Teessaurus Park is a 10-acre plot of land that ...
Scientists have found the U.K.’s largest dinosaur footprint site ever. The tracks were discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire — about 60 miles northwest of London — by quarry employee Gary ...