Mymoorapelta was the first ankylosaur discovered in the Jurassic of North America. This dinosaur was discovered in the Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, located in western Colorado’s Rabbit Valley. It represented a totally new group of dinosaurs in the Morrison Formation, one that hadn’t been found in this rock unit in [...]

Dr. John Foster, paleontologist for the Museum of Western Colorado, and Katie Stephens, new Manager of the BLM McIinnis Canyons National Conservation Area, met at Rabbit Valley and the Mygatt Moore Dinosaur Quarry to review plans for the upcoming dig season. In their hands is the map of the quarry showing the more than 4,000  [...]