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A week from now, I'll be in a plane to Denver, Colorado, and then in a car to be headed to Philmont Scout Ranch. There's a hefty drive between Denver and New Mexico to grind through, and the guy who organized the trek wants to know if there are places along the way we could make stops for 1-2 hours to do something fun. This naturally gave me the idea for fossil hunting, as many of my excursions have been roughly that long, and for the fact that it's out in the west, which is a place known for fossils (correct me if I'm wrong). Having obviously never been to Colorado or New Mexico, I'm quite noobtastic when it comes to knowing the Paleontology of the area (aside from knowing that there's some Cretaceous stuff in Philmont, hence the T.Rex footprint). Any pointers appreciated!
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Philmont Scout Ranch: Paleontology of the area?
MeargleSchmeargl posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This June I'm heading for a 50+ mile hike in the famous Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. Looking for a cool itinerary (route) to take, I searched through all the activities there. The 2 most exciting things I found were an Archaeological dig (sounds a lot like a hobby I have ) and a relatively recently discovered T.Rex footprint, currently the only one known to exist! Now that my curiosity is in full flight, I was wondering if there was anything else Paleontology regarding Philmont. With the presence of a T.rex track, the logical conclusion is there's some kinda Cretaceous formation there. Are there any others, older or younger? Would love to go see it!- 6 replies
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