Mass Appeal Explore Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke
Right here in the Valley, there's a place where you can walk with the dinosaurs and make footprints right next to dinosaur footprints from millions or years ago.
Dinosaur Footprints Holyoke, MA
These are actual dinosaur tracks from an ancestor of the T-Rex.
No human tracks at Dinosaur Footprint Reservation in Holyoke, Massachusetts
This video was made in response to user Nicky Hummel's video that he posted after he visited Dinosaur Footprint Reservation in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In that video, he argued that there were human tracks associated with those of dinosaurs. Rather, the structures in question are erotional as is evidenced by the lack of mud push-up rims around them, the sharp edges that they exhibit, along with their boundaries being formed by conchoidal fractures in some cases. There is no evidence for humans coexisting with dinosaurs at this site.
Holyoke passed ordinance to protect dinosaur footprints
Holyoke City Council is working to protect the more than 190 million year old dinosaur footprints, along the CT River, from being vandalized.
Human and Dino Footprints in Holyoke Ma, Connecticut River Valley
Proof of dinosaurs and humans walking together to escape the flood. no cavemen, no millions of years will be found here.
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Scott Tower, Holyoke Mass, Part 2
The tower is now overgrown and frequented by teens. It can be climbed but I was focusing on not crashing my drone. Interstate 91 N/S can be seen below as well as the Connecticut river. Along the river is the city of Holyoke and South Hadley and Chicopee beyond. The mountain ridge is to the north is Mt. Tom and the Mt. Holyoke ridge. The path leading under I-91 can be followed at lower altitudes.
Paradise City Press: Holyoke Dinosaur Tracks Show Prehistoric History
Not only is Holyoke the birthplace of Volleyball but it is also the stomping ground to a population of dinosaurs. Just off route five by the west bank of the Connecticut river a large cluster of footprints have been preserved for on-lookers to enjoy. After being buried for eons under rock and sediment dinosaur footprints were discovered in the nineteen twenties by workers constructing route five. In the nineteen seventies paleontologist John Ostrom discovered after studying the tracks that some species traveled in packs. You can spot over one hundred thirty tracks from three distinct species: Eubrontes GiganteusAnchisauripus Sillimani Grallator Cuneatus. Dinosaur prints come in all shapes and sizes some smaller than a human hand. Even footprints that appear small may in fact come from a dinosaur that has a large stance. The abundance of footprints found along the Connecticut River include the first tracks known to the science world. The Dinosaur Footprint Park is managed by the trustees of reservation in conjunction with the Massachusetts department of environmental management.
Dinosaur Footprints Reservation
this video is about a nature reserve. For fossil footprints, see Trace fossil. For their study, see Ichnology.
Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA is an 8-acre wilderness reservation purchased for the public in 1935 by The Trustees of Reservations. The Reservation is currently being managed with the assistance from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The fossil and plant resources on the adjacent Holyoke Gas and Electric riverfront property are being managed cooperatively by The Trustees, Mass DCR, and HG&E.
The dinosaur tracks at this site were among the first to be scientifically described in 1836, and are still visible to visitors. Hundreds of tracks, which were made by as many as four distinct types of two-legged dinosaur, are present in the sandstone outcrops. Additional fossils that have been found at the site or nearby include invertebrate burrows, fish, and plants. The parallel orientation of many of the dinosaur trackways was among the first lines of evidence used to support the novel theory that dinosaurs traveled in packs or groups.
The latest mapping project, conducted by Patrick Getty and Aaron Judge, has shown that there are at least 787 dinosaur tracks at the site and that the Eubrontes giganteus trackways are in fact parallel, or nearly parallel, to the orientation of oscillation wave-formed ripples. Considering that oscillation ripples form parallel to the shoreline, these authors suggested that the parallel trackways represent shoreline-paralleling behavior in large carnivores rather than group behavior. The hypothesis that the parallel trackways were made by shoreline-paralleling behavior is further supported by the fact that parallelism is not seen in Eubrontes giganteus trackways preserved at other sites in the Connecticut River Valley. In addition to the footprints of theropod dinosaurs, those of early ornithischians, called Anomoepus scambus, have been identified at Dinosaur Footprint Reservation. Non-dinosaurs are represented by footprints called Batrachopus, which were made by basal crocodilians.
The largest numbers by far have been found at various localities in the general direction of Turner's Falls and South Hadley. In regard to the perfect preservation of such a vast number of geologically ancient animal tracks no district in the world is at all comparable with the Connecticut Valley... In one case the writer is able to step, with a stride of about three and a half feet, in a series of eleven footprints, each about a foot long, exactly where a giant dinosaur left his foot print impressions on the original surface.
A dirt path leads from the reservation entrance to the footprints. Besides the clearly formed dinosaur tracks, visitors can see imprints left by prehistoric plants, invertebrate trace fossils and delicate ripple marks of an ancient pool preserved in stone near the river's west bank. Fossils in situ are located not only in the reservation itself, but on other land including a riverfront parcel owned by Holyoke Gas and Electric and managed cooperatively with the Trustees of Reservations and the Commonwealth. There is also a place to see dinosaur tracks in nearby Granby, Massachusetts. Amherst College has a museum that displays the dinosaur footprints that were once found in South Hadley.
The reservation is open daylight hours from April 1 to November 30 and has educational programs for children. For visitor safety, Guilford Transportation, which owns the railroad corridor, does not permit crossing of railroad tracks. As such, there is no legal access to the Connecticut River. Mountain biking is not allowed. Dogs must be kept on leash at all times.
A short trail parallels Route 5 northward from the entrance to the location of the dinosaur footprints and is easily walked.
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Josh Knox discusses the Dinosaur Tracks in Holyoke
Josh Knox of the nonprofit Trustees of Reservations explains on May 10, 2016 why attempts at plaster casting and other vandalism can damage the dinosaur footprints, over 100 of which can be seen for free in the natural exhibit on Route 5 in Holyoke.
Paradise City Press: Holyoke Dinosaur Tracks Show Prehistoric History
Not only is Holyoke the birthplace of Volleyball, but it is also the stomping ground to a population of dinosaurs.
Just off route five, by the west bank of the Connecticut river, a large cluster of footprints have been preserved for on-lookers to enjoy.
After being buried for eons under rock and sediment, dinosaur footprints were discovered in the nineteen twenties by workers constructing route five. In the nineteen seventies, paleontologist John Ostrom discovered, after studying the tracks, that some species traveled in packs.
You can spot over one hundred thirty tracks from three distinct species: Eubrontes Giganteus,Anchisauripus Sillimani, Grallator Cuneatus. Dinosaur prints come in all shapes and sizes, some smaller than a human hand. Even footprints that appear small may in fact come from a dinosaur that has a large stance. The abundance of footprints found along the Connecticut River include the first tracks known to the science world.
The Dinosaur Footprint Park is managed by the trustees of reservation in conjunction with the Massachusetts department of environmental management.
Nash Dinosaur Tracks, Massachusetts - Travels With Phil
Nash Dinosaur Tracks and Rock Shop, South Hadley, Massachusetts. This is an outcrop of land in the northwestern part of Massachusetts. In the 1930s, dinosaur footprints were discovered here in the woods. The Nash family has been excavating the site ever since. You can see samples in their museum, and in the outcrop itself. I checked in November 2018, and admission was still only $3. - Travels with Phil copyrighted by Phil Konstantin -
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Dinosaur Footprints in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA is an 8 acre wilderness reservation purchased for the public in 1935 by The Trustees of Reservations. The Reservation is currently being managed with the assistance from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation . The fossil and plant resources on the adjacent Holyoke Gas and Electric riverfront property are being managed cooperatively by The Trustees, Mass DCR, and HG&E.
The dinosaur tracks at this site were among the first to be scientifically described in 1836, and are still visible to visitors. Hundreds of tracks, which were made by as many as four distinct types of two-legged dinosaur, are present in the sandstone outcrops. Additional fossils that have been found at the site or nearby include invertebrate burrows, fish, and plants . The parallel orientation of many of the dinosaur trackways was among the first lines of evidence used to support the novel theory that dinosaurs traveled in packs or groups.
As the name implies, fossil footprints are this park's main attraction. They were formed during the Early Jurassic period when what is now the Connecticut River Valley was a subtropical region filled with lakes and swamps. Bipedal, carnivorous dinosaurs up to 20 ft long left footprints on the ancient mudflats. The area was acclaimed by 19th century paleontologists for its abundance of fossil specimens, dinosaur tracks in particular, and the reservation is popular with the ichnologists who study them. This area was first studied by Edward Hitchcock, the Amherst College professor who advanced the revolutionary notion that rather than being cold-blooded reptiles, dinosaurs were more like a sort of reptilian bird. In the 1930s, a Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper poked fun at this notion by referring to the animals that left the fossilized footprints as the Giant Turkeys of Prof. Hitchcock.
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