Im doing a project about fossils on the front range but am having a difficult time finding information
how can i narrow the topic down and what are some different kind of fossils that have been found
2007-11-24 08:17:07 · 4 answers · asked by smileprincess665 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
in the search box above, type in "fossils+Colorado" and you will get all kinds of hits
good luck
2007-11-24 08:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by oldbeatlefan53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the Front Range, the type section for the world-famous Morrison Formation (Jurassic) is near the town of that name on the outskirts of Denver. That formation is regarded to be the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America.
However, there are sedimentary records preserved in the Front Range going back to at least 1.8 to 1.7 Ga when the accretionary event joining the Colorado Province to the Wyoming Craton took place, and a great deal of deposits record the Pleistocene Ice Age and more recent times.
As a general rule, the Front Range records a decent sample of fossils representing most periods in the evolution of life on Earth.
A good start for online resources for your question is http://geosurvey.state.co.us/Default.aspx?tabid=69
2007-11-24 09:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by Now and Then Comes a Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could possibly pick on one locality, and that could give you loads of different fossils. A beauty would be the Fruita Paleontological Area. That dates from the Upper Jurassic. Research there is continuing. Presently, the inventory includes dinosaurs, mammals and presumably loads of other stuff. (My own interests centre on the mammals.)
Or, should your prefer the Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene, the Denver Basin offers many localities (and more from other ages). There's a whole team of researchers looking into them, and the folk at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science would probably welcome sensibly phrased enquiries from interested people. Some brief idea of what they're up to can be found at:
http://www.dmns.org/main/en/General/Science/Online+Science/Denver+Basin+Project/
The papers listed on that page are probably fair more technical than you'd need.
2007-11-24 08:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by KTDykes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are many dinosaur fossils found in colorado.
2007-11-24 10:29:24 · answer #4 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋