Image of a plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur, Thescelosaurus during the latest Cretaceous Period, nearly 67 million years ago. These around 10-12 foot long two-legged animals roamed the tropical swamps, forests and floodplains where Denver now stands. Their vertebrae are similar to the one found in the rock core deep below the Museum. Credit: Andrey Atuchin / Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.The Denver Museum of Nature & Science already houses a vast trove of dinosaur bones, but it recently received an unexpected addition to the collection. The latest fossil didn’t come from a generous benefactor or anonymous donor–it came from beneath the museum’s own parking lot.
“This may be the most unusual dinosaur discovery I have ever been a part of,” DMNS...
