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Dana Quarry

Introduction

This unique site was discovered more than 17 years ago by Kenneth Tanner, the landowner, a farmer and geologist. The quarry was named in memory of Dana E. Tanner, son of Kenneth and Paula Tanner. dana quarryThe scope and importance of the location was not appreciated until the summer of 2006, when the Dinosauria International team started proper excavation and documentation. These recent activities have revealed a spectacular fossil locality, preserving an enormous assemblage of mostly excellent articulated Dinosaur skeletons.

The Dana Quarry site is located near the small and picturesque village of Ten Sleep, at the western edge of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming, where ancient sand and mudstone deposits form the Morrison Formation, dating back to the late Jurassic Period, approximately 150 million years ago.

In this relatively small quarry, over a dozen individual skeletons have so far been discovered, representing a variety of species, including predator and prey, both large and small. These virtually complete and exquisitely preserved skeletons tell a dramatic story.

The Dana Quarry site was a natural trap, where herbivorous species, mostly sauropods, perished together in a shrinking water hole, possibly during a drought. The weak and dying were caught in the mud long enough to attract the attention of predators, which in turn were trapped while feeding on “easy pickings”. The Dana Quarry therefore preserves animals that lived and died, in one and the same environment, like a snapshot in time.

 

The Dana Quarry site has proven to be exceptionally productive, and with crews continuing to work the area, the next important discovery could be hiding under the next rock. The skeletons are some of the best ever discovered for their species and are exquisitely preserved, making them ideal for exhibition. Owing to their completeness and excellent state of preservation, these specimens represent significant paleontological contributions: the research potential for the Dana Quarry dinosaurs is thus enormous.

 

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Apollina

Fighting pair

Sauropod Familiy

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News

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On loan, Sleeping Beauty, a spectacular sauropod dinosaur from the Dana Quarry, is currently on

display in the new Fossil Hall of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

ssleeping beauty


The Houston Museum of Natural Science: http://www.hmns.org


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New find in 2011-12 in Dana Quarry, Paula June (PJ), a beautifully articulated juvenile sauropod. PJ is out of the quarry and off to be prepared in 2013.

PJ

see digging season 2012

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MQ Babe, a 12 meter long Diplodocus currently in preparation, will be available for
sale soon.

MQ babe
see dinosaurs for sale
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New site "Gomer", which was opened in 2012 close to the Dana Quarry, produces
a huge front limb of a, so far unidentified, sauropod.

 


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Europe's best dinosaur find - Sciurumimus albersdoerferi .- a small theropod with
beautiful soft part preser-ation is the best find of the Albersdoerfer digging campaign at the famous Painten Quarry in Germany.
link:
full article click here

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Apollina attracts 7000 visitors at Pennsylvania Armory

pictures

apollo

 

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Brontodiplodocus in the News:
http://www.usatoday.com/

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Dinosaurs for sale

Download ' Dinosaurs for sale' PDF (Nov, 2010)

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