Dinosaurs are no longer roaming the earth, but their tracks live on. In the foothills on the Front Range of Colorado, a story can be told from pieces of the past left behind.
Dinosaur Ridge has been ranked by a panel of esteemed paleontologists as the no. 1 track site in all the U.S.
In an area of just a few hundred square feet, 330 dinosaur tracks have been discovered. However, the land was very different 100 million years ago. World-renowned paleontologist Martin Lockley said the giant prehistoric animals weren’t a mile high in the Rocky Mountains.
They were on the beach at sea level in an environment very similar to present day Gulf of Mexico. The soft, wet, sandy land made conditions ideal for preserving tracks.
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