Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite

Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite is an assemblage of fossil dinosaur footprints discovered in 1997 on public land near Shell, Wyoming by Erik P. Kvale, a research geologist from the Indiana Geological Survey. The tracks are believed to have been made during the Middle Jurassic Period, 160-180 million years b.p., on what was then a shore of the Sundance Sea. Theropod tracks are thought to be among those discovered, but evidence suggests that the tracks were made by a large, diverse group of dinosaurs. The site is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway and is open to the public.

Related

• List of fossil sites (with link directory)

References and external links

• BLM Wyoming Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Homepage
  • BLM-Wyoming's Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: An Ancient Shoreline Comes to Light
  • Photos
• Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite – Wyoming’s Middle Jurassic Treasure
• C. Kent Chamberlain: Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
• Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: Photos by State University of New York at Stony Brook

Coordinates: 44°29′10″N 107°47′15″W / 44.48620°N 107.78748°W / 44.48620; -107.78748