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Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 220 kilometres (137 mi) east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Brooks.. The park is situated in the Red Deer River valley, which is noted for its striking badland topography, and abundance of dinosaur fossils.
The Dinosaur Park Formation is the uppermost member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group), a major geologic unit in southern Alberta.It was deposited during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between about 76.5 and 74.4 million years ago. [3]
Ma-Me-O Beach Provincial Park County of Wetaskiwin No. 10: 1950s-60s 1980s-90s Given to the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach Hommey Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1980s-90s Given to the county Saskatoon Mountain Provincial Park County of Grande Prairie No. 1: 1930s 1950s Given to the county Blue Bridge Provincial Park
The bone was discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, during a course led by Dr Brian Pickles from the University of Reading. Researchers from the UK, Canada and Australia collaborated on ...
Dinosaurs of the Oldman Formation. The sediments of the Oldman Formation were deposited in fluvial channels (the sandstones) and a variety of channel margin, overbank and floodplain environments (the siltstones and mudstones). The formation is about 40 metres (130 ft) thick at Dinosaur Provincial Park in southeastern Alberta.
The Hilda Mega-bonebed is about 76 million years old, the same age as the lower Dinosaur Park Formation outcrops of the Dinosaur Provincial Park strata. [5] Monodominant bonebeds of horned dinosaurs like Styracosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus and Centrosaurus are common in late Cretaceous strata of central and southern Alberta. [18]
The "World's Largest Dinosaur" is a roadside tourist attraction shaped like a model Tyrannosaurus rex, situated in the Town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. The World's Largest Dinosaur is one of several dinosaur-related attractions in Drumheller and the surrounding areas, including Dinosaur Provincial Park .
Dinosaur Provincial Park: Alberta: 1979 71; vii, viii (natural) The area is a practically undisturbed semi-arid steppe with badlands topography. Fossils of more than 44 species, 34 genera, and 10 families of dinosaurs have been discovered in the park, representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs. More than 150 complete skeletons have ...