by Kristen Kidd | Jan 26, 2025 | Dino Ridge News
Morrison, Colorado – [January 27, 2025] – Dinosaur Ridge, one of the world’s premier fossil sites located in Morrison, Colorado, is proud to announce the recent appointment of Amy Atwater as its first-ever Director of Paleontology. Additionally, the...
by Kristen Kidd | Mar 25, 2024 | Dino Ridge News
[GOLDEN, CO, March 17, 2024] – On what would’ve been his 74th birthday, the late paleontologist Martin Lockley had a building owned by the nonprofit he co-founded named in his honor. Last November 25, the world renowned dinosaur trace fossil researcher and...
by Kristen Kidd | Nov 26, 2023 | Dino Ridge News
[MORRISON, CO, November 25, 2023] – Before Dr. Martin G. Lockley set his sights on studying the footprints of dinosaurs, the scientific field known as paleoichnology attracted little respect. The tall talkative paleontologist with the English accent, Welsh birth...
by Kristen Kidd | Nov 8, 2023 | Dino Ridge News
A four-toed footprint likely made by a Triceratops during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Golden, Colorado was close to joining the fate of its long-gone maker. Gravity and erosion were conspiring to break the sandstone footprint into unrecognizable pieces, but a...
by Kristen Kidd | Nov 8, 2023 | Dino Ridge News
Paleontology themed art, like much of today’s new artwork, is increasingly a human and technological collaboration. The few so-called paleo artists who create art without the aid of digital tools are heading the way of the dinosaurs. One such renowned museum...
