Unearth fossils for a hands-on adventure. The body of Camptosaurus is joined by the head of a crocodillian “swimming” into view. Goniopholis was first discovered in the Nineteenth Century on Dinosaur Ridge, just a few minutes away from the hotel. Unlike the rest of the creatures in these dig panels, Goniopholis was not a dinosaur.
The distinctive horned skull of the Ceratosaurus can be seen to the left of the Goniopholis torso. A large meat eating dinosaur, Ceratosaurus was still smaller than other carnivores of the Late Jurassic. It was most likely an opportunistic feeder with eating habits similar to today’s coyotes.
The Camarasaurus skull and leg bones depict a long necked sauropod that is so common in the Morrison Formation, it is sometimes called, “The Cow of the Jurassic.” Its name means “chambered lizard’, because of the hollow chambers in its elegant neck bones.
