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Dinosaur National Monument

View on map:40.530000°N 108.980000°W

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Outcrop of the Morrison Formation
40.440264°N 109.299969°W

Dinosaur National Monument
40.440919°N 109.299655°W

Outcrops of dinosaur-bearing beds
40.442607°N 109.254055°W

Weber Sandstone
40.446278°N 109.253733°W

The cliff is being eroded by the Green River.


Freemont Culture petroglyphs
40.420257°N 109.187519°W
The rock outcrops throughout the park were originally deposited horizontally but tilted during mountain  building.  The Jurassic rocks (Morrison Formation) in the park are the predominantly dinosaur-bearing formation.

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Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry 40°26′29″N 109°18′04″W / 40.44139°N 109.30111°W / 40.44139; -109.30111 is located in Utah just to the north of the town of Jensen, Utah.

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