Canada - Apr -. Very immense and incredible, even if you're not into fossils. If you're not into evolution and the whole "millions of years" theories, don't let that detain you. If you are in Alberta Canada, it is definitely worth the visit. This site is incredible. A Canyon of Badlands and hoodoos; i think is the best description. Bones littered the ground.
The badlands do truly come out of nowhere while you are driving through the prairie, which seemed neverending but beautiful. Upon entering the park, my husband and I were welcomed by the sight of the province of Alberta's flag, the Canadian flag, and the UN flag waving side by side.
This not only marks the entrance but the location of the World Heritage site plaque as well. As of 16 June , the road to the plaque's location was under construction, so we walked to the plaque.
I highly recommend you do this, as the most stunning view of the badlands is here! I encourage you to take the bus tour around the park, which includes a drive to the natural preserve.
Three-fourths of the park is in the preserve, where the dinosaur fossils have been found in the past and where some can still be found. There were mushroom-shaped rocks called "hoodoos" throughout the preserve and some took on very interesting formations, like a pyramid and camel as if you had your piece of Egypt within the preserve!
Even if dinosaurs aren't your thing, I'm sure you will find Dinosaur Provincial Park interesting. A fact about the park is that it is home to 3 distinctive habitats: prairie, badlands, and riverside forest. There are many chances for spotting wildlife as well. I had seen pictures of the park before, and I really tried visiting the site. Lots of people only visit the town of Drumheller for it's well done Dinosaur museum and the badlands surrounding it, but Dinosaur Provincial Park is much more impressive.
When you drive up to the place the only thing you see is plains, but then suddenly, when you look below, you see these badlands! When the sun is shining the brown rocks turn orange, it's a beautiful place! You might see some deer and rabbits too. Unfortunately, only a small piece of the park is open for visitors; the rest of the park is only open to researchers with a special permit. For them this is a great place since it has the most Dinosaur Fossils in the world.
Canada - Nov -. Dinosaur fossils are dug up by scientists and their students during the summer months then transported to the Tyrell Museum not included in the World Heritage Site , in Drumheller, to be studied and reconstructed.
The Feild Station in the park is undergoing major renovations and will be open spring There are great, inexpensive camping facilites in the park.
Staying a few days gives you time to explore the 3 main areas of the park:the ancient cottonwoods along the Red Deer River,the lookouts over the valley from the prairies and the actual Badlands.
The guided tours with the rangers are highly recommended when you first arrive. Then when you go exploring the many trails by yourself you have some idea of what you are looking at. Canada -. While visiting my uncle in Alberta, my family took a trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park. We had an amazing time exploring the trails and visiting the exhibits. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone with an interest in paleontology.
Park information by the Alberta Government. Encyclopedia of Earth. New findings involving Alberta dinosaur bones strengthen idea of million-year-old land bridge The site has 1 locations. Over specimens from the Oldman Formation in the park including more than complete skeletons now reside in more than 30 major museums. The total extension was therefore 1, ha. Crown, Province of Alberta. The site area north of the Park is administered by the Special Areas Board for native grasslands; the site area south of the Park is owned and administered by the Eastern Irrigation District.
The region is a flat to gently rolling plain with exposed bedrock and sandstone cliffs where the Red River Valley has carved an exceptionally eroded badlands of coulees, gulches, mesas and buttes, knife-edges and capped pinnacles hoodoos from the layers of light multi-coloured rocks of the valley. The terrain is an outstanding example of ongoing geological processes and fluvial erosion patterns in a semi-arid steppe environment.
The badlands, which are the largest in Canada, form a gullied and sculpted landscape of great beauty, constantly eroded by wind and rain, exposing new fossil bone beds. During the Upper Cretaceous period 75 million years ago, eastern Alberta was a low coastal plain at the edge of the shallow Bearpaw Sea.
The climate was subtropical and the rich wildlife included about 35 species of dinosaur, several in herds overcome by flooding. Their bones were buried and preserved under layers of sand and mud deposited in the deltas of sluggish rivers which became the present soft sandstone and bentonite clay shale rocks the Dinosaur Park formation of the Judith River Group. At the end of the last Ice Age 13, years ago, a sheet of glacial ice m thick eroded the upper layers of rock, and huge meltwater rivers carved the Red Deer river valley with its badlands of coulees, mesas and buttes, out of the soft rock, exposing this great concentration of fossil-bearing sediments.
Since the s, more than dinosaur skeletons of the highest quality have been recovered from a kilometre stretch along the Red Deer River. The climate is continental semi-arid with a mean annual temperature of 3. The cold dry winters, averaging between o C and —25 o C, are sometimes warmed by chinook winds from the west, and the heat of the summers is tempered by low humidity and rapid evening cooling. The mean annual precipitation is mm, most falling in the late spring and early summer.
There are three distinct habitats in the Park: riverine, badlands and prairie. The narrow river terraces support lush and diverse vegetation in various stages of succession, of pioneer stands of willow, cottonwood forest, tall shrub thickets and ephemeral wetlands. Such riparian cottonwoods are among the most threatened habitats of semi-arid regions.
The hot dry badland soils bear dense sagebrush flats and open shrubland dominated by Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae with several other ecologically specialized plant species. Prairie grasses in dry mixed grass communities dominate the landscape above the valley rim. Remnant and recently created grasslands occur on buttes and large pediments. Rare species, or those at the limit of their biogeographic range include Stephanomeria runcinata , Atriplex powellii , Orobanche ludoviciana , A.
The best represented families are the Hadrasauridae, Ceratopsidae, Ornithomimidae, Pachycephalosauridae, Tyrannosauridae, and Dromaeosauridae. There are also fossil remains of fish, turtles, frogs, lizards, flying reptiles and even marsupials.
The relatively mild winter microclimate, coupled with an abundant food supply, provides critical winter range for native ungulates such as pronghorn Antilocapra americana , mule deer Odocoileus hemionus and white-tailed deer O. The richness and abundance of breeding birds is notable: over species have been recorded.
The area supports a number of species locally threatened or at their biogeographic limits, including golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos , prairie falcon Falco mexicanus , ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis , loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus , merlin Falco columbarius , Brewers sparrow Spizella breweri and grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum. The beautiful mountain bluebird Sialia curricoides is common. Plains spadefoot toad Scaphiopus bombifrons and the poisonous prairie rattlesnake Crotalis viridis viridis also occur Alberta Provincial Parks Service, The site is of great international significance to palaeotology.
The Park contains a wide range of dinosaur remains from the late Cretaceous period. Dit deel van Canada was Grote rivieren die hier 75 miljoen jaar geleden stroomden, lieten zand en modder achter. Deze maken nu deel uit van de valleimuren en heuvels in het huidige Provinciaal dinosauruspark. Source: unesco. The property is unmatched in terms of the number and variety of high quality specimens which, to date, represent more than 44 species, 34 genera and 10 families of dinosaurs, dating back million years.
The park contains exceptional riparian habitat features as well as badlands of outstanding aesthetic value. Criterion vii : Dinosaur Provincial Park is an outstanding example of major geological processes and fluvial erosion patterns in semi-arid steppes.
These badlands stretch along 26 kilometers of high quality and virtually undisturbed riparian habitat, presenting a landscape of stark but exceptional natural beauty. Criterion viii : The property is outstanding in the number and variety of high quality specimens representing every known group of Cretaceous dinosaurs. The diversity affords excellent opportunities for paleontology that is both comparative and chronological. Over articulated specimens from the Oldman and Dinosaur Park formations including more than complete skeletons now reside in more than 30 major museums.
In addition to the significant number of high quality specimens, the property contains a complete assemblage of non-dinosaurian fossil material offering an unparalleled opportunity for the study of the Late Cretaceous paleo-ecosystem. At 7, ha in size, the property encompasses a significant portion of the badlands and riparian habitat elements found in the region.
Geological processes that created and continue to be necessary to maintain the badlands landscape occur with virtually no impairment or human interference. The high natural aesthetic qualities of the badlands and riparian areas are largely intact.
The known presence of Late Cretaceous fossil material is closely associated with locations where the fossil-bearing formations are exposed through erosional processes. The large majority of these exposures in the region occur within the boundaries of the property. Both the fossil material and the highly valuable associated contextual information are wholly intact.
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