US Edition70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science
DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 11 – The fossil, dating back 67.5 million years, was found during geothermal drilling and is the oldest and deepest dinosaur fossil discovered within Denver city limits, museum officials said.
- In January 2025, researchers working beneath the parking area of a Colorado science museum uncovered a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil at a depth of 763 feet.
- The discovery took place during a geothermal drilling test aimed at exploring the potential to replace natural gas with geothermal energy beneath City Park.
- Museum paleontologists identified the fossil as a vertebral centrum from a plant-eating dinosaur similar to Thescelosaurus or Edmontosaurus of the Late Cretaceous period.
- Patrick O'Connor called it "the most unusual dinosaur discovery" he has been part of, while the find is the deepest and oldest ever within Denver limits.
- The discovery offers a rare view of Denver's prehistoric ecosystem and may be integrated into museum exhibits, though a full switch to geothermal remains uncertain.
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Dinosaur Fossil Found Under Denver Museum Parking Lot
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science made headlines this week for unearthing what some are calling a rare prehistoric treasure, a dinosaur fossil, during a geothermal energy survey in its parking lot. While boring 763 feet underground to test green energy potential, scientists pulled up a 5-centimeter-wide core containing what they believe is a dinosaur vertebra. Museum geologist James Hagadorn called the discovery “super rare,” adding, “Find…
Denver Dinosaur Museum Finds Fossil Under Its Parking Lot
Partial dinosaur bone recovered from the scientific core, drilled 763 feet below the surface of the Museum’s parking lot. Credit: Rick Wicker / Denver Museum of Nature & Science A fossilized dinosaur bone has been discovered beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, turning a routine drilling project into an extraordinary find. The discovery happened during a geothermal survey. Workers drilled more than 750 feet into th…
First of all, return to your own door: this saying seems to have taken employees of a U.S. museum too seriously. In a borehole, they encountered a dinosaur bone, probably one of the first random finds of this kind.
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