Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
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Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s. Located at the corner of US Highway 24 and South Fairview Street in Woodland Park, Colorado
Woodland Park, Colorado
The City of Woodland Park is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city in Teller County, Colorado, United States and is immediately west of El Paso County and the unincorporated community of Crystola. Many residents in this bedroom community, which is surrounded by the one-million...
, it displays mounted, articulated dinosaur skeletons, as well as other fossils. The museum also includes a fossil preparation lab and a large gift shop.