Garden Park, Colorado

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Garden Park, Colorado is a renowned fossil-rich area near Cañon City known for its significant Late Jurassic dinosaur discoveries within the Morrison Formation.

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Garden Park, Colorado canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil locality ⓘ
geologic site ⓘ
administrativeDivision Fremont County ⓘ
age approximately 150 million years old (deposits) ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
discoveryType dinosaur bonebeds ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
ecosystemType semi-arid upland ⓘ
fossilRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
geologicFormation Morrison Formation ⓘ
geologicPeriod Late Jurassic ⓘ
hasScientificFieldwork paleontology ⓘ
hasStratigraphy Morrison Formation dinosaur-bearing beds ⓘ
linked to: Morrison Formation
knownFor dinosaur fossils ⓘ
historic dinosaur quarries ⓘ
sauropod dinosaur fossils ⓘ
stegosaur fossils ⓘ
theropod fossils ⓘ
lithology mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
locatedIn Fremont County, Colorado ⓘ
locatedNear Cañon City, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Cañon City
nearbyCity Cañon City, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Cañon City
notableFor contribution to understanding Morrison Formation dinosaurs ⓘ
paleontologicalSignificance major Late Jurassic dinosaur locality in North America ⓘ
partOf Front Range region of Colorado ⓘ
region south-central Colorado ⓘ
rockUnit Morrison Formation ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morrison Formation → notableLocality → Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ
Allosaurus → fossilSite → Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ
Ceratosaurus → fossilTypeLocality → Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ
Bone Wars → mainDiscoveryLocation → Garden Park, Colorado ⓘ