加载中…犹他州的化石侏罗纪公园
(2013-08-14 15:54:33)
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犹他州的恐龙国家纪念园区拥有各种各样的自然景观，包括数量众多的恐龙化石。
于1915年被美国总统伍德罗•威尔逊（Woodrow Wilson）命名为美国国家公园的恐龙国家纪念园区（Dinosaur National Monument）占地800平方公里，横跨犹他州（Utah）和科罗拉多州（Colorado）的山地、沙漠、古老的河道和峻深的峡谷——更不用说还有数以千计的恐龙骸骨。
要激活你内心深处的古生物学家灵感，请到该园区的采石场展览馆（Quarry Exhibit）一游。你在这里将看到嵌入石壁的1500根恐龙骨，包括异龙（Allosausus）、圆顶龙（Camarasaurus）和剑龙（Stegosaurus）的遗骸。该展览馆还允许触摸某些化石，有些化石的年代已有1.49亿年。
如果你想多做一点历险探索，可以划船沿着一条将化石夹带到采石场沉积下来的河流游览。绿河（Green）和杨帕河（Yampa）均向游人开放。徒步旅行是将历险和探索相结合的另一种方式。该园区在犹他州这边有6条步道，包括化石探索步道（Fossil Discovery Trail），可以帮助徒步旅行者象多年前的古生物学家们那样在野外实地发现化石。
有关犹他州的详情请见探索美国网站DiscoverAmerica.com。
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Utah’s Fossilized Jurassic Park
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Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument features a plethora of natural wonders, including an extensive collection of dinosaur fossils.
Designated a U.S. national monument by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915, Dinosaur National Monument encompasses 800 square kilometers of mountains, deserts, ancient rivers and deep canyons across Utah and Colorado — not to mention thousands of dinosaur bones.
To awaken your inner paleontologist, stop by the monument’s Quarry Exhibit. Here you can see some 1,500 dinosaur bones embedded into the rock wall, including the remains of an Allosaurus, Camarasaurus and Stegosaurus. Visitors are even allowed to touch some of the fossils, which can be up to 149 million years old.
If you’d like a little more adventure, try rafting along one of the rivers that deposited the fossils into the quarry. Both the Green and Yampa rivers are open to visitors. Hiking is another way to combine adventure with discovery. The monument offers six trails on the Utah side, including the Fossil Discovery Trail, which enables hikers to find fossils in the wild just as paleontologists did years ago.
Find out more about Utah at DiscoverAmerica.com.
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