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New Moab excavation site could be oldest Cretaceous dinosaur bonebed in North America
KSL News • • science
Key Points:
- A newly discovered dinosaur dig site near Arches National Park in eastern Utah may be one of the oldest Cretaceous bonebeds in North America, dating back 138 to 141 million years.
- The excavation site, which opened in mid-October, could potentially contain fossils of a new dinosaur species due to its unique age between the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- Researchers aim to use this discovery to gain insights into the mass extinction event that occurred during the transition from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period.
