Centrosaurus Bone Bed

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Had a good rest at the camp at Dinosaur. Listened to the owls and coyotes as we tried to sleep.

Up early after “roughing” it at the campsite in Dinosaur to start walking through the valley. And those coyotes could continue to be heard through the morning section of the walk.

We avoided the most dangerous hazards on the hike. That’s right, I’m sure you too immediately thought of the cacti.

They’re fruiting this time of the year, but it’s not quite ready just yet.

Lots of activity on the flowers.

The bees get just a little coated in pollen.
We made it to the bone bed after a little walk.
These are all Centrosaurus, which are related to the well known triceratops. They likely all died because this was a massive plain with no where to go and a flood hit burring all the bodies together of 100’s of individuals. There were bones here.
And there.
And everywhere around here really.

All these fossils are left to be uncovered in time and even just this summer they’ve taken some newly revealed material. There will be new material to uncover all the time and it’s amazing to see these ancient bones.


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