The Leo on Wheels: Fossil Ridge
Friday, October 9, 2009
Blog entry by Ian McClintick from The Leo on Wheels staff
St. George looked a little different 195 million years ago -- at one point there was water approximately 10-15 feet deep. Geologists know this because they have found one of the most abundant occurrences of swim tracks in the world. A swim track is a mark made by the claws of dinosaurs on the bottom of a body of water -- as the dinosaur swims its claws scrape the bottom, leaving what we saw in St. George.
Illustration from Live Science
There is also a period of fossils that show more complete footprints, bug tracks, rare plant fossils, a print of a dinosaur sitting down, and even a baby dinosaur slipping in the mud. Community night had a great turn out with more than 200 people. We can't wait to visit Fossil Ridge again!
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Labels: education, The Leo on Wheels
1 Comments:
Thanks for the info on the swimming dinosaur tracks... my 7th grade students loved it! Keep up the good work!
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