HomeMy WebLinkAbout851477 RESOLUTION
RE: APPROVE DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL DINOSAUR
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS , Weld County is famous among paleontologists over the
world for fossil life discovered in Weld County, and
WHEREAS, most recently Colorado University has been the
recipient of an excellent Triceratops dinosaur skull which was
discovered at a site near Briggsdale, Colorado, and
WHEREAS , the Triceratops dinosaur is one of the significant
fossils found in Weld County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Triceratops
dinosaur be, and hereby is, designated as the officially
recognized fossil of Weld County.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 20th day of
May, A.D. , 1985 .
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: StaypA . , WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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and Clerk to the Board e ''ne Jo son, Chairman
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DENVER (AP) — Children let out a collective "wow" as the Museum of Nature & Science unveiled its newest
dinosaur fossil, a seven-foot-long, 1 ,000-pound Triceratops skull.
The fossil, discovered at a home construction site near Brighton bya dinosaur buff on Nov. 10, is the second
nearly complete skull of the rhinoceros-sized dinosaur found along the Front Range, and the first in metropolitan
Denver.
Paleontology curator Kirk Johnson said the fossil was buried in sand from the Rocky Mountain streams about 67
million or 68 million years ago. The rest of the animal was probably eaten byscavengers or washed
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Bruce Young, a retired geologist and computer operator from Longmont, discovered the skull after earth-moving New Homed Dinosaur Announced
crews exposed it last week. Half of the skull is believed to have been shom off bya bulldozer because grooves Ancient Dinosaur Dung, Largest Tyrannosaurus
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Young, 51 , a volunteer fossil hunter for the museum, had begun scouring the area a month ago after visiting his Skull, and Other Prehistoric Items to be Featured at
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After getting permission from the construction companyto search, Young first discovered a pair of homs just off Dinosaur from South Korea
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"I've been on a good high all week because of this," said Young, wearing a T-shirt with drawings of dinosaurs. Scientists Discover First Horned Dinosaur From
The soil removed to reveal the skull was hauled off and used as fill. Young suspects the other half of the skull South Korea
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Ken Carpenter, who prepares fossils for the museum, discovered the state's first Triceratops skull 20 sears ago
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The first Triceratops remains ever discovered, a pair of horns, were found in 1889 near downtown Denver, across
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