MORRISON, Colo. – Newly-published findings detail a remarkable discovery at Dinosaur Ridge, revealing how dinosaurs behaved 100 million years ago on the land that is now Colorado and showing similar traits seen in many modern-day birds.
Neffra Matthews, a retired photogrammetrist for the Bureau of Land Management, was part of a research team in 2014 that first found evidence of dinosaur mating dances at Dinosaur Ridge.
On a rocky hillside right just past the Dinosaur Ridge trailhead, an area that hundreds pass by every day, the team first noticed the peculiar markings.
“The animal would stand on one foot and scrape and then alternate feet,” said Matthews. “It makes that very distinct pattern of scratches and two different areas in one larger bowl-shaped depression.”…