Author: Vittoria Traverso / Source: Atlas Obscura
A team of paleontologists led by Robert Gay, of the University of Western Colorado, has recently discovered what may be the largest concentration of Triassic fossils in the world.
The newly found site is located in part of the Chinle Formation of Utah, which was part of the more than 1.3 million acres that the Obama administration proclaimed part of Bears Ears National Monument in December 2016. But after the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the size of the monument area by 85 percent, the site where the fossils were found can no longer count on its old legal protections.“Based on our small, initial excavation, we believe that this 69-yard site may be the densest area of Triassic period fossils in the nation, maybe the world,” Gay said in a statement. “If this site can be fully excavated, it is likely that we will find many other intact…
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