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Featured Exhibits
The
Dinosaur Depot features exhibits that explore the very rich fossil
heritage of the Caņon City area. Initially the focus was on the
Garden Park Fossil Area, 12 miles north of Caņon City on the historic
Shelf Road to Cripple Creek, Colorado. The Garden Park Fossil Area
has produced world-class, late Jurassic dinosaur fossils for over 125
years. While the area is known worldwide for its dinosaur fossils,
other types of fossils have been located that help our understanding of
the Jurassic environment. More recently, dinosaur fossils have
been found in other areas around Caņon City.
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The
Garden Park Fossil Area has produced some of best dinosaur fossils
found anywhere. Among these are three articulated
skeletons of Stegosaurus
stenops. The first was found in 1886 and is in
the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
The second was found in 1937 and is in the Denver Museum of Nature
and Science. The third, the world's most complete, was
removed from Garden Park in 1992 and the largest jacket weighing
over 13,000 pounds was brought to the Dinosaur Depot Laboratory
for preparation. A full-size replica of this stegosaurus is
on display in the Museum.
Click
here to read "The Story of Ms. Spike"
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Garden Park Paleontology Society was very lucky to be a part of a very
significant discovery in 1998. Tony Moreno,
participating in one of the many student tours of the Museum and
Fossil Area found what he thought to be a dinosaur fossil.
Rather it turned out to be a fossil tree, the first found in
Jurassic rocks east of the Continental Divide. All twenty
feet of the tree are on display in the Museum.
Click
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In December
1999 a Caņon City resident studying paleontology at the
University of Denver brought to our attention the presence of
dinosaur tracks on Skyline Drive. Skyline Drive travels
along the top of the Dakota Formation hogback just to the west of
Caņon City. Volunteers from the Dinosaur Depot developed
the site during 2000 and 2001. One of the
tracks can be seen on exhibit in the Dinosaur Depot. A guide
brochure for the Skyline Drive Trackway Site is available in the
Dinosaur Gift Shop.
Click
to read about the Skyline Drive Trackway Site
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from the Garden Park Fossil Area are among the finest late
Jurassic dinosaur specimens known. Five of the species first
defined from Garden Park fossils are featured in our
"Skulls" exhibit. Our "Skulls" welcome
you to the Museum!
Click
to find out about "The Dinosaurs of Garden Park" |
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For
over 125 years, the
Garden Park Fossil Area has helped us understand late Jurassic dinosaurs and how
they lived. Individuals from the Caņon
City area, as well as from all over the country have conducted
research in the area. Fossil bones, skeletons, eggs, and nests are in
museums throughout the world including the Dinosaur Depot.
Click
to read "A Short History of Fossil Collecting - Garden Park
Fossil Area"
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Please
visit the Dinosaur Depot Museum soon to see these and other
exhibits. |
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Dinosaur Depot Museum
330 Royal Gorge Blvd. #A
Caņon City, CO 81212
Phone:(719) 269-7150 · Toll Free: (800) 987-6379 · Fax: (719) 269-7227
Website: www.dinosaurdepot.com
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The
Garden Park Paleontology Society is a Not-for-Profit Colorado Corporation and is recognized
by the United States Internal Revenue Service as 501(C)3 tax-exempt organization. The Garden
Park Paleontology Society does business as the Dinosaur Depot Museum. | |
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