Virtual Tour of Dinosaur Ridge |
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Explore Dinosaur Ridge on your own or with your family Walk with one of our docents on a Guided Tour Go on a Virtual Tour of Dinosaur Ridge on your PC Experience an Audio Tour of Dinosaur Ridge |
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Click on the stops below for an image and description of each01) Dinosaur Ridge Visitor Center » 02) Historic Rooney Ranch » - Homesteaded in 1860s (private property-closed to public). 03) Western Interior Seaway » - Of 100 million years ago (marine fossils) 04) Mangrove Swamp » - Cretaceous plant fossils in the Dakota Sandstone. 05) Dinosaur Tracks » - Over 300 footprints of plant-eating and carnivorous dinosaurs 06) Trace Fossils » - Trails and burrows of small invertebrates in Cretaceous tidal flats 07) Ecology » - The present habitat of Dinosaur Ridge for plant and animal communities 08) Ripple Marks » - Evidence of waves & currents along Cretaceous beaches 09) Denver Basin » - A giant basin lies beneath Denver, where the rock layers seen on the Ridge lie two miles beneath the surface 10) Oil and Gas » - Deep burial of Cretaceous seafloor muds produced fossil fuels 11) Hogbacks » - The Dakota Ridge Hogback was formed when soft sediments were eroded away 12) Cretaceous Time » - First appearance of modern flowering plants 13) Geologic Puzzle » - What do you think it is? 14) Volcanic Ash » 15) Geologic Overview » - Red Rocks Park and the formation of the Rocky Mountains 16) Faults » - Evidence of past earth movements. 17) "Bronto Bulges" » - Jurassic dinosaur tracks in cross-section 18) Jurassic Time » - Paleo-Environments in the 150 million year old Morrison Formation 19) Dinosaur Bones » - Site of the 1877 discoveries; Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus... |
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