Dinosaur Provincial Park

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Dinosaur Provincial Park is a renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada, famous for its rich concentration of dinosaur fossils and striking badlands landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
provincial park ⓘ
area approximately 7,300 hectares ⓘ
approximately 73 square kilometres ⓘ
contains Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre ⓘ
containsFossilsOf ankylosaurs ⓘ
ceratopsians ⓘ
crocodilians ⓘ
fish ⓘ
hadrosaurs ⓘ
ornithomimids ⓘ
plants ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
tyrannosaurids ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ecosystemType prairie grasslands ⓘ
semi-arid badlands ⓘ
established 1955 ⓘ
fossilAssemblage Dinosaur Park Formation ⓘ
geologicalAgeRange about 75 to 77 million years ago ⓘ
geologicalFeature badlands ⓘ
geologicalPeriodRepresented Late Cretaceous ⓘ
governingBody Alberta Parks ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid continental climate ⓘ
knownFor dinosaur fossils ⓘ
rich Late Cretaceous fossil beds ⓘ
striking badlands landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity County of Newell ⓘ
locatedInRegion southeastern Alberta ⓘ
nearestCity Brooks, Alberta ⓘ
numberOfDinosaurSpeciesDescribedFromSite more than 40 ⓘ
numberOfVertebrateFossilSpeciesRecorded more than 60 ⓘ
offers campground facilities ⓘ
guided fossil tours ⓘ
hiking trails ⓘ
partOf Red Deer River valley ⓘ
protectedFor diverse fossil-bearing strata ⓘ
paleontological significance ⓘ
unique badlands scenery ⓘ
province Alberta ⓘ
river Red Deer River ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria criterion (ix) ⓘ
criterion (vii) ⓘ
criterion (viii) ⓘ
criterion (x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteID 71 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ

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Southern Alberta → containsProtectedArea → Dinosaur Provincial Park ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alberta
Southern Alberta → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Dinosaur Provincial Park ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alberta
Red Deer River (Alberta) → adjacentTo → Dinosaur Provincial Park ⓘ
Dinosapien → filmingLocation → Dinosaur Provincial Park ⓘ
Dinosaur Provincial Park → contains → Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre ⓘ
linked to: Dinosaur Provincial Park