Dinosaur Tracks in St. George Earthcache

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In Utah, United States

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This Earthcache is the site of Jurassic aged dinosaur tracks. The site is open Monday - Saturday, 10AM-8PM in the summer, and 10AM-6PM in the Winter. Admission is $6 for adults & $3 for children 4 and up.

The dinosaur tracks at this site are made in Sandstones and Mudstones in the Jurassic Moenave Formation. They were deposited on, and near the shore of a freshwater lake. This site contains more "swimming" type tracks than at any other site in the world. This site also contains one of only two known tracks made from a theropod (Meat Eating Dinosaur) that was sitting. This site also contains the largest single dinosaur track block in the world.

The trackway from the "Sitting" dinosaur contains not only the imprints of the toes (tarsals) but also the metatarsals (in the sole of the foot). The imprint of the pubis bone is also evident, as are marks from the dinosaurs hand. This very unique imprint made world headlines when it was discovered.

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October 20 by Little Jones (49 found) found it with dad a while ago. he just forgot to log it. [view this log]

October 1 by hike n'bike (1762 found) Great stop, very interesting, thanks for bringing me here [view this log]

September 12 by steppi58 (2088 found) A very cool place – a highlight of my vacation and my first cache in Utah. Thank you for bringing me here to this museum. Email sent. TFTC steppi58 [view this log]

September 10 by meach4x4 (270 found) We stopped in this morning, and bought our 1 year pass to the exhibit. It was very interesting and informative. I bumped into a paleantologist, who told me a lot about the finds that are in the future. The plan is to fill another, even larger, museum to be built across the road from the existing one, and that there is an exciting discovery in the works. Makes it all worth coming back from time to time to see what's new. Thanks for the cache! [view this log]

September 9 by RAMBOvsBIGFOOT (145 found) TFTC, Lots of fun! [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 9:31:31 AM
Last Updated: 11/2/2009 2:16:37 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum