Entries categorized 'Cedar Mountain Project' ↓

by Angela Matthias A NEW BASAL HADROSAUR FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF EASTERN UTAH David Gilpin and Tony DiCroce A new hadrosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation was discovered in May of 2001. This taxon is represented by a well-preserved...

Volunteer Research Projects on the Cedar Mountain Formation →

In the Lab Collecting fossils is only part of the story. They need to be “prepared”, that is cleaned of their encasing rock so that they can be studied. It takes more time to prepare a fossil than it does to collect it. In the lab, the jacket is partially removed so that the fossil remains...

Pulling the Pieces Together →

A Short History The Cedar Mountain Formation was originally described as the Cedar Mountain Shales in 1944 by William Stokes. A few battered dinosaur bone fragments were mentioned, but nothing identifiable. The first major discovery was made in 1964 by Lin Ottinger, who ran a rock and fossil shop in...

Discovering Cedar Mountain Dinosaurs →

In the Field How do we find dinosaurs in the Cedar Mountain Formation? Do we just start digging? No, because the chance of finding anything that way is pretty slim. Instead, we let Mother Nature do the digging for us and we just go looking for the fossils She uncovers. Mother Nature does most of Her...

Canteen and Boots: Digging Up Dinosaurs →

Early Cretaceous dinosaurs in North America are best known from a swath of sedimentary rocks, or strata, from Montana to Texas , as well as from parts of Maryland . One of these strata, the Cedar Mountain Formation in eastern Utah and western Colorado , has produced dinosaurs in abundance only in the...

Dinosaurs of the Cedar Mountain Formation →

The Cedar Mountain Formation is a distinct layer of rock that crops out in western Colorado and eastern Utah . It is made from sediments, such as sand and mud, which were altered into rock over geologic time. The original sediments were deposited mostly in rivers and on flood plains, as well as in small...

What is the Cedar Mountain Formation? →

Introduction →

The Cedar Mountain Dinosaur Project is an ongoing research project by some of my volunteers and me. Basically, we are trying to identify who the dinosaurs are in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah. For more information, please seen the Cedar Mountain Project tab above.

The Cedar Mountain Dinosaur Project →