Rabbit Valley (Colorado)
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Location | Mesa County, Colorado, United States |
Nearest city | Grand Junction, CO |
Coordinates | 39°10′17.94″N 109°1′14.40″W / 39.1716500°N 109.0206667°W |
Area | 280 acres (110 ha)[1] |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
Website | [1] |
Rabbit Valley is a valley located in northwestern Mesa County, Colorado, United States.[2] The site was discovered by a local Colorado couple in 1981[3] Rabbit Valley contains numerous prehistoric remains from the Late Jurassic Period. Nearly 4,000 bones have been found here, including Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, a supersaurid, a diplodocid.[4][5] Rabbit Valley is accessed by Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 50.
References
[edit]- ^ https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/CNAP/Visit_a_State_Natural_Area/Rabbit_Valley_Visitable_Area_CNAP.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rabbit Valley
- ^ "Paleontological Heritage – Western Colorado Heritage". Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ Armstrong, Harley J.; Averett, Walter R.; Averett, Marjorie E.; McReynolds, Elizabeth S.; Wolny, David G. (1987). "Mid-Mesozoic Paleontology of the Rabbit Valley Area, Western Colorado": 37–44.
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(help) - ^ https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/CNAP/Visit_a_State_Natural_Area/Rabbit_Valley_Visitable_Area_CNAP.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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