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Title
Ancient Colorado; Stegosaurus Snacks
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Artist
Jan Vriesen and Kirk Johnson
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Location
Colorado Convention Center
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Neighborhood
Central Business District
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Year
2005
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Artwork Type
Acrylic Paintings
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Material
acrylic
What People Are Saying
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9 people say Photogenic
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7 people say Love it
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4 people say Thought Provoking
About This Piece
Stegosaurus Snacks
Dinosaur National Monument
145 million years ago
Mysterious landscapes covered with fern-like bennetite bushes and full-size tree ferns were home to some of the largest animals ever to walk the planet—right here in Colorado. Stegosaurus and many other dinosaurs once browsed this pan-flat terrain.
The Morrison Formation was named for the town of Morrison, Colorado, where dinosaurs were discovered in 1877. But the big find came in 1909 with the discovery of a magnificent outcrop full of dinosaur bones in northwestern Colorado, now on display at Dinosaur National Monument. Fossil leaves complete the picture of Jurassic-Period Colorado.