Mygatt

With the 1981 discovery of the Mygatt-Moore Quarry MMQ in Rabbit Valley, the museum began a 25 year working relationship with the local BLM field office to study this locality in the Morrison Formation, one of the largest dinosaur sites in the unit.

Archive 2009-05-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

An interpretive kiosk at the trail head describes the flora and fauna of the Morrison Formation as well as activities that take place at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Archive 2009-05-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

Museum of Western Colorado and the Grand Junction Field Office of the BLM are investigating the possible installation of a permanent protective building over the Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado ReBecca Foster 2009

The three most abundant sauropods in the Morrison Formation Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus, and Diplodocus also are preserved at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, but unlike within the formation as a whole, at the MMQ Apatosaurus accounts for 85% of the sauropod bones at the site; in the formation overall, Camarasaurus is the most abundant sauropod.

Archive 2009-05-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

With the 1981 discovery of the Mygatt-Moore Quarry MMQ in Rabbit Valley, the museum began a 25 year working relationship with the local BLM field office to study this locality in the Morrison Formation, one of the largest dinosaur sites in the unit.

Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado ReBecca Foster 2009

Excavations have taken place every year since 1984 25 seasons at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado ReBecca Foster 2009

These include a Dryosaurus nesting site in the Morrison Formation, a bird skull from the Green River Formation, the first Jurassic Ankylosaur - Mymoorapelta maysi below, along with numerous other dinosaurs from the Morrison Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009

These include a Dryosaurus nesting site in the Morrison Formation, a bird skull from the Green River Formation, the first Jurassic Ankylosaur - Mymoorapelta maysi below, along with numerous other dinosaurs from the Morrison Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

The three most abundant sauropods in the Morrison Formation Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus, and Diplodocus also are preserved at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, but unlike within the formation as a whole, at the MMQ Apatosaurus accounts for 85% of the sauropod bones at the site; in the formation overall, Camarasaurus is the most abundant sauropod.

Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado ReBecca Foster 2009

An interpretive kiosk at the trail head describes the flora and fauna of the Morrison Formation as well as activities that take place at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry.

Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources on Federal Lands in Mesa County, Colorado ReBecca Foster 2009