Comments on: New Sauropod From Dinosaur National Monument Gets a Name

By: Remember the Alamosaurus | Dinosaur Tracking

Remember the Alamosaurus | Dinosaur Tracking — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:47:45 +0000

[...] have been just a few discoveries of Cretaceous sauropods in North America. The recently described Abydosaurus was found in the 127- to 98-million-year-old Cedar Mountain Formation of Dinosaur National [...]

By: Marsh's "Megalosaurus" From Utah | Dinosaur Tracking

Marsh's "Megalosaurus" From Utah | Dinosaur Tracking — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:55:22 +0000

[...] According to an account written by Sue Ann Bilbey and James Evan Hall for Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, in the summer of 1870 Marsh and a dozen of his Yale students trekked from Wyoming down into what would eventually become northern Utah. (The Beehive State was not admitted to the union until 1896.) They did not stay in any one place very long, but as they traveled they observed many of the fossil deposits around the Uinta Mountains in the northeastern part of the state, eventually making it into the vicinity of what is today Dinosaur National Monument. [...]

By: Brian Switek

Brian Switek — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:18:26 +0000

Doug; Yes, they did recover the remains of several skulls. I just focused on the most complete one here.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:55:03 +0000

huh, i heard they had recovered the remains of between 2 and four skulls. Nonetheless, it’s a cool find.