The Hanksville-Burpee Quarry

Hanksville-Burpee Quarry is a paleontological excavation site near Hanksville, Utah. Scientists have found remains dating between 145 mya to 150 mya. The remains deposited in this location provide a unique opportunity for scientists to study the late Jurassic period.

The Hanksville dig site used to be an ancient river, and when dinosaurs died their carcasses washed down the river and deposited along its banks. Now some 147 my later scientists and volunteers from the Burpee Museum are unearthing them.

The fossils date to the late Jurassic period and are mostly made up of Sauropods, the long neck dinosaurs. A very rare armored dinosaur called Mymoorapelta was discovered, one of only 8 specimens ever found.