{"id":63353,"date":"2026-02-03T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-fossils-uncovered-at-dinosaur-national-monument-leading-to-first-excavation-there-in-a-century\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:36:22","slug":"new-fossils-uncovered-at-dinosaur-national-monument-leading-to-first-excavation-there-in-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-fossils-uncovered-at-dinosaur-national-monument-leading-to-first-excavation-there-in-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"New fossils uncovered at Dinosaur National Monument, leading to first excavation there in a century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>New dinosaur fossils were discovered at the Dinosaur National Monument, leading to the first excavation there in more than 100 years, officials revealed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/dino\/learn\/news\/parkinglotfossilsexcavated.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Park Service<\/a> said that parking lot construction was underway in September near the Quarry Exhibit Hall in the Utah side of the park when the dinosaur fossils were uncovered. Dinosaur National Monument is located on the border between Colorado and Utah, about 300 miles west of Denver.\u00a0 \u00a0  \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A portion of dinosaur-bearing sandstone was exposed when asphalt was removed on Sept. 16 by workers. Construction was immediately paused to allow paleontologists to assess and excavate the fossils.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fossils belong to a large, long-necked dinosaur, most like Diplodocus, which is common in this bonebed,&#8221; the NPS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 3,000 pounds of fossils and rock were removed during the excavation between mid-September and mid-October, the NPS said. The fossils are being cleaned and studied at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal, Utah.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/16\/2053d4cb-1177-459f-949d-df8b18af3ae2\/thumbnail\/620x442g8\/730ea5634d7a6a016fb346d2870ee294\/quarry-parking-lot-excavation.jpg#\" alt=\"quarry-parking-lot-excavation.jpg \" height=\"442\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/16\/2053d4cb-1177-459f-949d-df8b18af3ae2\/thumbnail\/620x442g8\/730ea5634d7a6a016fb346d2870ee294\/quarry-parking-lot-excavation.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/16\/2053d4cb-1177-459f-949d-df8b18af3ae2\/thumbnail\/1240x884g8\/c124a836f7777b72624e5a5bc572e50a\/quarry-parking-lot-excavation.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Workers are excavating dinosaur fossils and rocks at the Dinosaur National Monument in September and October 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                National Park Service<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to NPS, the bonebed area had not been excavated for fossils since the original excavations at the site ended in 1924. Meanwhile, the parking lot and road improvement construction project was completed once the excavation was done.<\/p>\n<p>Research released last October suggests that dinosaur populations were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fossils-new-mexico-dinosaurs-thriving-before-asteroid-strike-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">still thriving in North America<\/a><\/span> before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, a nearly\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/denver-museum-nature-science-finds-dinosaur-fossil-under-parking-lot\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil<\/a><\/span> was discovered during a parking lot project at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It is the oldest dinosaur fossil ever found within Denver&#8217;s city limits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This fossil comes from an era just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, and it offers a rare window into the ecosystem that once existed right beneath modern-day Denver,&#8221; the museum&#8217;s Curator of Geology, James Hagadorn, said at the time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async 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