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The
largest quarry of Jurassic Period dinosaur bones ever
discovered is the source of 200,000 acre Dinosaur National
Monument's name. In 1909, twenty miles east of Vernal,
paleontologist Earl Douglass discovered a 200-foot long
sandbar of sorts which was layered with prehistoric plant
and animal fossils. About 350 million tons of fossils,
including full skeletons and remains of some dinosaur
species that were previously unknown, were excavated by
Douglass and his crew. Today, a year-round visitor center
built over the quarry protects over 2,000 dinosaur bones
left exposed in the sandstone wall. Click here for detailed
information on Dinosaur
National Monument.
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