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Rare chance to tour fossil-rich land east of Colorado Springs
16+ hour, 16+ min ago (512+ words) Rugged bluffs and a surprisingly green, forested part of Colorado Springs" eastern plains are known among researchers of natural and human history. Among the broader public, Corral Bluffs and Jimmy Camp Creek are lesser known." But people can get familiar…...
Another dinosaur found at Dinosaur National Monument outside Colorado
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (664+ words) Back in September, as heavy machinery broke the asphalt of a parking lot at Dinosaur National Monument, Re Becca Hunt-Foster carefully watched." "We knew that there was the possibility of encountering fossils," the paleontologist said. She and staff knew, as…...
Parking lot project uncovers first fossils in popular area of Utah-Colorado national monument since 1924
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (329+ words) Dinosaur National Monument recently announced that dinosaur fossils were revealed during a recent parking lot construction project, resulting in the first fossil excavation in the area of Quarry Exhibit Hall since 1924. According to a press release on the matter, the…...
A "dinosaur tree" and its prehistoric journey to a Colorado greenhouse
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (961+ words) Back in September, Malinda Barberio received an email from someone claiming to have a Wollemi pine." No way, thought Barberio, the University of Colorado Boulder greenhouse manager. "Because I know what they are," she said." She knew the Wollemi pine…...