Tag: Utahraptor
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After years in the making, Utahraptor State Park opens for visitors
From Moab, Utah comes news that Utahraptor State Park is now open to visitors. MOAB, Utah — The first visitors have arrived at Utah’s newest state park that took years to create. “This is the first project in state history to take over 100 million years to complete!” Governor Spencer Cox joked at the…
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Worlds Largest “Raptor” Dinosaurs Lived 10 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
SciTechDaily has a story about Utahraptor. New research by paleontologists (one at the University of Kansas) shows that Utahraptor actually lived about 135 million years ago, not 125 million years as previously thought. Utahraptor is the largest known “raptor” dinosaur at 4.9–5.5 m (16–18 ft) long and weighing 280–300 kg (620–660 lb). It’s also one of…
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NPR: Utah Considers State Park Named For Utahraptor Dinosaur
NPR Morning Edition has a story about a new proposed State Park in Utah. The park, called Utahraptor State Park, would commemorate the discovery of a large block of Utahraptor fossils found back in 2001. The animals lived about 136 million years ago and would have looked similar to Deinonychus, but larger. Utah State paleontologist…
