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Week 2
Dinosaur Geology of the Colorado Plateau and Uinta Basin
(scroll down to see more)
Day 1 - Day
2 - Day 3 - Day 4 -
Day 5 - Marine
Invertebrate Fossils -
Eocene Terrestrial Fossils
Details
of the trip in case you want to go next year
Russ's web site with LOTS of pictures of a previous trip to pretty much the same
places
Russ's pictures from our trip
Coincidentally this was the intersection where we met and
parted!
We spent a good part of the week going between the Cretaceous and Jurassic
formations
Click on the day below to see pictures
Day 1 - Day
2 - Day 3 - Day 4 -
Day 5 - Marine
Invertebrate Fossils -
Eocene Terrestrial Fossils
| Day 1 |
- Colorado National Monument
- Museum of Western Colorado
- Rabbit Valley Dig site
- Drive to Moab Petroglyphs along Colorado River Canyon
- Theropod and Sauropod Tracks near La Sal Mts
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| Day 2 |
- Arches NP
- Mill Canyon Dino Trail
- Morrison Formation Sauropod & Theropod Tracks
- San Rafael Swell
- Ferron Sandstone of Mancos
- Dinosaur tracks and petroglyphs
- Tour of CEU Prehistoric Museum
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| Day 3 |
- Outcrop of the lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation SE of Price
- Examine the Mancos Shale (late Cretaceous seaway) and collect
marine invertebrates
- Tracksites in Black Hawk Formation, Mesaverde Group
- Utah Field House of Natural History - Steve Sroka
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| Day 4 |
- Drive Through The Ages (Geology Tour North of Vernal )
- Hike to Tracksites at Redfleet Reservoir (Navajo/Nugget Sandstone -
Late Triassic - Lower Jurassic)
- Drive at Phosphate mine overlook
- Dinosaur National Monument -Quarry, examine geology in monument
(Triassic to Cretaceous)
- Chew Ranch Dig Site
- Examine Petroglyphs in Navajo/Nugget Sandstone along road to Josie's
Cabin.
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| Day 5 |
- Canyon Pintado (Painted Canyon). Fremont Culture pictographs
- Douglas Pass -Collecting Eocene Green River Formation plants & insect
fossils
- Grand Junction at Rock Slide Brew and Pub.
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Day 1 - Day
2 - Day 3 - Day 4 -
Day 5 - Marine
Invertebrate Fossils -
Eocene Terrestrial Fossils
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