Rabbit Valley | |
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Location | Mesa County, Colorado, United States |
Nearest city | Grand Junction, CO |
Coordinates | 39°10′17.94″N 109°1′14.40″W / 39.1716500°N 109.0206667°W |
Area | 280 acres (110 ha) [1] |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
Website | [1] |
Rabbit Valley is a valley located in northwestern Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [2] The site was discovered by a local Colorado couple in 1981 [3] Rabbit Valley contains numerous prehistoric remains from the Late Jurassic Period. Nearly 4,000 bones have been found here, including Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, a supersaurid, a diplodocid. [4] [5] Rabbit Valley is accessed by Interstate 70/ U.S. Route 6/ U.S. Route 50.
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