Dinosaur Bones and Tracks - Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail, Moab, Utah
The Mill Canyon site preserves two sites associated with dinosaurs of the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail itself is a short trail that follows the side of a small bluff past several exposed petrified bones from various types of dinosaurs. Visitors on this trail will also see some petrified wood and the ruins of an old copper mill. The Desolation Towers rock formation can be seen in the distance.
Nearby is the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trackways site, an exposed section of petrified muddy lakeshore that features dozens of dinosaur and crocodile tracks. Although the tracks suggest specific types of dinosaurs - including a large meat-eating dinosaur for which no bones have ever been found - the specific species of dinosaurs are unknown.
Both sites are accessed off Highway 191 north of Moab, but the dirt and sand road to the bones site should be avoided when wet.
Please don't touch the bones or step on the tracks so that future visitors can also enjoy the experience.
The Photos (in order)
U17A0726 - Camarasaurus leg bones
U17A0733 - Tail bones from a sauropod, likely a Camarasaurus
U17A0734 - Rib bone of a sauropod
U17A0723 - The Dinosaur Trail also features a nice view of the distant Determination Towers
U17A0750 - Tracks from a Carmelopodus-like theropod
U17A0760 - A track from a brontosaurus-like sauropod
U17A0743 - Researchers believe that this footprint and other markings indicated that a crocodile came through here, sliding on its belly and dragging its tail behind it through the mud
Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail
Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail
Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite
Slideshow of the Dinosaur Tracksite trail at Mill Canyon north of Moab, Utah. More information is available on gjhikes.com.
Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite
This amazing tracksite features over 200 different tracks representing seven different species. In this video, BLM paleontologist ReBecca Hunt-Foster explains how to find more information on dinosaur sites, and Natalie shares how to Respect and Protect these resources.
Mill canyon dinosaur tracksite track site
Mill canyon dinosaur track site
Bull Canyon Dinosaur Tracks
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Dinosaur tracks / Corona arch, Moab, Utah, 62 vw bus, van life, rv living
i found some dinosaur tracks out hiking around Moab, Utah. Hiking Corana Arch was very pleasant with very few people on the trail. plenty of nature to enjoy. nice peaceful drive along the Colorado river.
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Science Friday: Utah Dino Bones, Salt Lake Migrations, Tree Canopies - Part 1
If you stood in southeastern Utah over 200 million years ago, you’d be overlooking the ocean. The landlocked state wasn’t quite the same landscape of scarlet plateaus and canyons you might see today, but a coastal desert where sand dunes butted up right against the sea. And it was home to some of the earliest dinosaurs. In this region of Utah, today known as Indian Creek in Bears Ears National Monument, the remains of dinosaur relatives, known as protodinosaurs or “dinosaur aunts and uncles,” are buried in the Earth. Their bones tell the stories about the dawn of dinosaurs, prehistoric Utah, and a much warmer Earth. In the northern reaches of Utah’s Great Salt Lake sits Gunnison Island, a narrow strip of land just a mile long and half a mile wide. Despite its small size, the island hosts the world’s second largest white pelican rookery, with an average of 20,000 birds and 6,000 nests. Biologist Jaimi Butler of Westminster College’s Great Salt Lake Institute calls the birds the “polar bears” of Great Salt Lake—because as lake waters drop, the birds’ island refuge is now threatened by humans, coyotes, and other predators. Butler and her team have installed cameras on the island, and citizen scientists can now use these “PELIcam” images to help Butler and her colleagues catalog the white pelican population on the island—and the appearance of predators, too. Forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered the exploration of tree canopies—the “new frontiers” of the forest, using hot air balloons, rock climbing gear, and cranes. There, high in the trees, she found soil coating the branches, much like the soil on the forest floor—and unique adaptations, like the water-gathering abilities of spiky bromeliads. In this segment, recorded live at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Nadkarni takes Ira on a tour of the forest canopy, talks about how fashion can be a tool for science communication, and describes her work communicating science to underserved populations, like inmates in prisons around the nation—from minimum security to Supermax.
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Meet Moabosaurus: Utah's newest dinosaur identified by BYU geologists
BYU professors have discovered a new species of dinosaur Moabosaurus utensis, named to honor Moab, Utah, which paleontologists consider Utah’s 'gold mine.'
The bones of the dinosaur were unearthed near Moab, Utah.
The 32-foot herbivore is a relative of the long-necked Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus.
An assembled skeleton is on display at BYU’s Museum of Paleontology in Provo, Utah.
Three BYU professors and a BYU graduate at Auburn University have published their discovery of a new species of sauropod dinosaur, Moabosaurus utahensis. The 125-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton of a 32-foot herbivore was assembled using bones extracted from the Dalton Wells Quarry, near Arches National Park.
BYU geology professor and lead author Brooks Britt explained that in analyzing dinosaur bones, he and colleagues rely on constant comparisons with other related specimens. If there are enough distinguishing features to make it unique, it’s new.
“It’s like looking at a piece of a car,” Britt said. “You can look at it and say it belongs to a Ford sedan, but it’s not exactly a Focus or a Fusion or a Fiesta. We do the same with dinosaurs.”
Moabosaurus belongs to a group of herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropods, which includes giants such as Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus, who had long necks and pillar-like legs. Moabosaurus is most closely related to species found in Spain and Tanzania, which tells researchers that during its time, there were still intermittent physical connections between Europe, Africa and North America.
Moabosaurus lived in Utah before it resembled the desert we know — when it was filled with large trees, plentiful streams, lakes and dinosaurs. “We always think of Moab in terms of tourism and outdoor activities, but a paleontologist thinks of Moab as a gold mine for dinosaur bones,” Britt said.
In naming the species, Britt and his team, which included BYU Museum of Paleontology curator Rodney Scheetz and biology professor Michael Whiting, decided to pay tribute to that gold mine. “We’re honoring the city of Moab and the State of Utah because they were so supportive of our excavation efforts over the decades it’s taken us to pull the animal out of the ground,” Britt said, referencing the digs that began when he was a BYU geology student in the late ’70s.
A previous study indicates that a large number of Moabosaurus and other dinosaurs died in a severe drought. Survivors trampled their fallen companions’ bodies, crushing their bones. After the drought ended, streams eroded the land, and transported the bones a short distance, where they were again trampled. Meanwhile, insects in the soils fed on the bones, leaving behind tell-tale burrow marks.
“We’re lucky to get anything out of this site,” Britt said. “Most bones we find are fragmentary, so only a small percentage of them are usable. And that’s why it took so long to get this animal put together: we had to collect huge numbers of bones in order to get enough that were complete.”
BYU has a legacy of collecting dinosaurs that started in the early 1960s, and Britt and colleagues are continuing their excavation efforts in eastern Utah. Moabosaurus now joins a range of other findings currently on display at BYU’s Museum of Paleontology — though, until its placard is updated, it’s identified as “Not yet named” (pronunciation: NOT-yet-NAIM-ed).
“Sure, we could find bones at other places in the world, but we find so many right here in Utah,” Britt said. “You don’t have to travel the world to discover new animals.”
Driving around the Desert in Hurricane Utah to Warner Valley Dinosaur Tracks by Sky Ranch
We got bored and drove out to the dinosaur tracks in the hills, testing out the new camera.
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Azurite Trail
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Bull Canyon Dinosaur Track Trail and Overlook on the Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah
A short trail on the Manti-La Sal National Forest in leads to a spectacular view into Bull Canyon, 1000 feet below, and to several sets of dinosaur tracks. Please be careful where you walk and sit, and leave objects where you find them. These are irreplaceable resources that provide clues to our biological and cultural heritage It is illegal to damage sites, cast fossils and tracks or remove artifacts.
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Dinosaur National Monument
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Poison Spider Dinosaur Tracksite
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(Description in English follows below.) Maastikurattasõit Moabist (Utah osariik, USA) loodes mööda 3-D Jeep Route'i ja Hidden Canyon Rim Roadi esmalt Hidden Canyoni servale ja seejärel Bartlett Washi kõrgele vaatekohale. Filmitud rattakiivrile kinnitatud GoPro Hero+ kaameraga 10. aprillil 2016. Autor Priit Pullerits.
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