Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway
Dinosaur Quarry of Dinosaur National Monument, UT

Thousands of dinosaur bones have been removed from this deposit yet hundreds remain and are exposed in high relief preserved in the sandstone ridge that forms one wall of the Visitors Center here. Discovered by Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsurgh, PA in 1909, many of the bones from here are now on display at that museum. Although the focus of paleontological research has shifted to elsewhere in the monument (in order to preserve something for visitors to see in the Visitors Center), less than five years ago, a new species of allosaur was found in the original deposit. In addition to the dinosaur quarry, Indian petroglyphs can be seen along the Cub Creek Road, and the Josie Morris Cabin remains as a reminder of the colorful history of the area.