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Denver museum finds dinosaur bone under its parking lot

Andrew Paul

created: July 10, 2025, 7:26 p.m. | updated: July 20, 2025, 7:26 p.m.

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. A portion of the dinosaur bone recovered from the scientific core—drilled 763 feet below the surface of the Museum’s parking lot in City Park. It has been identified by Museum paleontologists as the deepest and oldest dinosaur fossil ever found within the city limits. Specimen is housed at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, courtesy of History Colorado, Office of the State Archaeologist.

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