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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Finds Nearly 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil

DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 9 – Researchers uncovered a Late Cretaceous plant-eater vertebra 763 feet underground, offering rare insight into Denver's ancient ecosystem, museum officials said.

  • In January 2025, during geothermal drilling nearly 763 feet below the parking area of a natural history museum in Denver’s City Park, researchers uncovered a dinosaur fossil estimated to be around 67.5 million years old.
  • The fossil find resulted from a scientific coring initiative driven by the museum's exploration of geothermal energy to replace natural gas heating and cooling systems.
  • Museum researchers identified the fossil as a vertebral centrum from a plant-eating dinosaur similar to Thescelosaurus or Edmontosaurus, revealing a rare view of Denver's Late Cretaceous ecosystem.
  • Patrick O'Connor described the discovery as unlike any other dinosaur find he has experienced, while Bob Raynolds called the discovery truly extraordinary.
  • This discovery, the deepest and oldest such fossil within Denver city limits, offers scientific value and public educational potential while enriching understanding of urban paleontology.
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70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A new dinosaur fossil at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was found buried hundreds of feet under the facility's parking lot in January.

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KMGH broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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