The Sheridan College Dinosaur Quarries

Major Quarries:

Quarry 1

Quarry 2

Allosaur Quarry

Fireside Quarry

 

 

 

 

Other Sites:

World War I Trench

 

Track Site

 

 

 

 

Quarry 1

Quarry 1 was the first major excavation begun in 1989. It has provided the majority of  our specimens and is still the most active quarry.

Specimens include:

1)      Brachiosaur braincase

2)      Sauropod claws

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Quarry 2

Quarry 2 was the original location of the “Poison Creek Quarry” excavated by the St. Paul science museum in 1970’s and 80’s.

Specimens include:

1)      ”Arty” our            articulated camarasaur

2)      Megalosaur teeth

 

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Allosaur Quarry

Originally a teaching site showing bone fragments eroding out of the sandstone, the discovery of teeth in 1994 was what began excavation at this site.

 Specimens include:

1)      Allosaur skull

2)      Allosaur claws

3)      Allosaur femor

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Fire Ridge Quarry

Fire Ridge Quarry has provided perhaps the best-preserved femur in our collection. It was named due to the shale layer immediately above the specimen having evidence of a paleo fire.

Specimens include:

     - Sauropod femur

 

 

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World War I Trench

This was the area immediately south of the main quarry that at one point resembled a trench. It has since become the southern boundary of the main quarry.

Specimens include:

1)      Unidentified carnivore tooth

2)      Sauropod caudal (tail) vertebrae

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Drinker Track Site

Found by Brian Fynn, this site has small theropod (three-toed carnivore) tracks that were left on the edge of a riverbank 150 million years ago.

 

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