Rabbit_Valley_Natural_Area

Rabbit Valley (Colorado)

Rabbit Valley (Colorado)

Colorado State Natural Area in Colorado, United States

For the valley of Georgia and Tennessee, see Rabbit Valley (Georgia-Tennessee).

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.

Quick Facts Location, Nearest city ...

References

  1. [1]
    https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/CNAP/Visit_a_State_Natural_Area/Rabbit_Valley_Visitable_Area_CNAP.pdf
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rabbit Valley
  3. [3]
    "Paleontological Heritage – Western Colorado Heritage". Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. [4]
    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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. [5]
    https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/CNAP/Visit_a_State_Natural_Area/Rabbit_Valley_Visitable_Area_CNAP.pdf
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rabbit Valley (Colorado).


This article related to a protected area in Colorado is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Rabbit_Valley_Natural_Area, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.