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A funny thing about this find is that the bone was in a core from beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science which is heavily dinosaur f

A funny thing about this find is that the bone was in a core from beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science which is heavily dinosaur focused. It’s either a crazy coincidence or there are abundant dinosaurs under Denver.

colechristensen 1y ago
A museum featuring dinosaurs being built in close proximity to dinosaur archaeology sites isn't that coincidental :)
- elpakal 1y ago
  The comment was about finding the bones below the museum not about the museum being built in an archeological hotbed.
  - potato3732842 1y ago
    Nitpick: paleontological, not archeological. Denver is not exactly an archaeological hotbed, to put it mildly.
- jebarker 1y ago
  Many major US cities have museums like this. It wasn’t built there because of the dinosaur archaeology as far as I know. This core was found during unrelated digging in the parking lot of the museum, so I think it is a coincidence.
awithrow 1y ago
There are a lot in the area. There is dinosaur ridge out on i-70 that features all sorts of dino tracks and fossils. There was also another fossil discovery during while building a shopping center not too long ago: https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/10/10/dinosaur-found-thornton https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/10/10/dinosaur-found...
- dabluecaboose 1y ago
  Indeed the Morrison Formation [1] covers much of the state. Dinosaur ridge is one edge of it, just a stone's throw away from Denver. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Formation
GuB-42 1y ago
I wonder if this is a coincidence too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_the_Last_Dinosaur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_the_Last_Dinosaur
cadamsdotcom 1y ago
> This phenomenon is not uncommon in the metropolitan Denver area where such discoveries have catalyzed public curiosity in subsurface geology for nearly 150 years That sounds like it’s the latter. But actually, it’s both!

colechristensen 1y ago

A museum featuring dinosaurs being built in close proximity to dinosaur archaeology sites isn't that coincidental :)

elpakal 1y ago
The comment was about finding the bones below the museum not about the museum being built in an archeological hotbed.
- potato3732842 1y ago
  Nitpick: paleontological, not archeological. Denver is not exactly an archaeological hotbed, to put it mildly.
jebarker 1y ago
Many major US cities have museums like this. It wasn’t built there because of the dinosaur archaeology as far as I know. This core was found during unrelated digging in the parking lot of the museum, so I think it is a coincidence.

awithrow 1y ago

There are a lot in the area. There is dinosaur ridge out on i-70 that features all sorts of dino tracks and fossils. There was also another fossil discovery during while building a shopping center not too long ago: https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/10/10/dinosaur-found-thornton https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/10/10/dinosaur-found...

dabluecaboose 1y ago
Indeed the Morrison Formation [1] covers much of the state. Dinosaur ridge is one edge of it, just a stone's throw away from Denver. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Formation

GuB-42 1y ago

I wonder if this is a coincidence too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_the_Last_Dinosaur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_the_Last_Dinosaur

cadamsdotcom 1y ago

> This phenomenon is not uncommon in the metropolitan Denver area where such discoveries have catalyzed public curiosity in subsurface geology for nearly 150 years That sounds like it’s the latter. But actually, it’s both!