(Grand County, UT) — Researchers may have found a new armored dinosaur species near Arches National Park. Fossils from the Ironstone Bonebed date back roughly 140-million years and include remains from several kinds of dinosaurs. Scientists say the suspected new species will require careful comparison and a formal description before […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Paleontologists are showing off a prehistoric fish fossil that was recently unearthed in southern Utah. The estimated 200-million-year-old fish was discovered in Zion National Park by a team consisting of St. George scientists and National Park Service officials. One group member told St. George News […]
(Capitol Reef National Park, UT) — Officials in Utah are offering a reward after fossils dating back more than 251-million years were stolen from a national park. The trace reptile track fossils were taken from a trackway at Capitol Reef National Park. Officials called the fossils “irreplaceable” and are offering […]
(Moab, UT) — The Bureau of Land Management is stopping work at a site near Moab after accusations about damage to ancient dinosaur tracks. The agency released a statement yesterday saying it will stop construction work at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite to allow paleontologists to conduct an assessment. A […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New research shows ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves. Paleontologists developed the theory while studying a mass tyrannosaur death site found seven years ago in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in […]
