Dinosaur Ridge in Jefferson County is going high-tech trying to preserve footprints where dinosaurs once roamed.
Drones are being used to map the footprints to study how to stop the erosion. Guides offered perspective on the period visitors of the area are learning about.
“These tracks were made by living animals. This is a snapshot in time from 100 million years ago,” one said.
The existence of the footprints wasn’t known until fairly recently, when you consider the span of time.
Paleontologist Paul Murphy noted, “as soon as these rocks were uncovered in 1937 during the construction of the Alameda Parkway, then immediately they started to degrade.”
It’s a place to educate and try to preserve the very distant past.
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