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The 2nd largest sauropod tracksite in the Jurassic of the USA sold to the US.


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The second largest sauropod tracksite in the Jurassic of the USA found near Ouray, Colorado was sold to the US Forest Service recently. The single set of tracks has an interesting loop.

 

See USFS announcement:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gmug/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1171521

 

See Smithsonian Magazine article:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-visit-the-worlds-largest-continuous-dinosaur-trackway-is-now-on-protected-public-land-180984187/

 

See professional article partially authored by Spencer Lucas:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1171502.pdf

 

 

A high-altitude sauropod trackway site in the Jurassic of Colorado: the longest known consecutive footprint sequence reveals evidence of strong turning behavior
ZANE Goodell, MARTIN G Lockley, SPENCER G Lucas, B Schumacher, J Smith, RICK Trujillo, LIDA Xing
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 82, 101-112, 2021

 

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