Dinosaur State Park

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Dinosaur State Park
Geodesic dome and arboretum

Geodesic dome and arboretum

location Hartford County in Connecticut (USA)
surface 0.25 km²
Geographical location 41 ° 39 '  N , 72 ° 39'  W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 '2 "  N , 72 ° 39' 24"  W
Dinosaur State Park (Connecticut)
Dinosaur State Park
Setup date since 1968 National Natural Landmark
administration Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut
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The covered Dinosaur Trackway with fossil tracks of the genus Eubrontes

The Dinosaur State Park is located south of Rocky Hill in Hartford County of the US state of Connecticut . The 25 hectare state park houses an arboretum and a geodesic dome , under which 500 dinosaur footsteps, which are 200 million years old, are protected from the elements.

The 25-40 cm imprints were discovered in 1966 by Edward McCarthy and assigned to the Eubrontes giganteus by the geologist Edward Hitchcock . The site was quickly secured and covered, the site fenced in and opened as Dinosaur State Park that same year. There are now annual visitor numbers of around 50,000. The Dinosaur Trackway was classified as a National Natural Landmark in 1968 .

Dinosaur State Park Arboretum

The arboretum is to show representatives of as many plant families as possible that were also present in the Mesozoic when the dinosaurs were still alive. More than 250 species have been planted so far. This includes collections of spruce , fir , cedar , pine , long-lived conifers and Far Eastern Asian conifers. A rock garden and an East Asian garden were also laid out.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/trackway.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2712&Q=324588
  3. ↑ http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/Registry/USA_Map/States/Connecticut/NNL/DT/index.cfm
  4. ↑ http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/arboretum.htm

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