Tracks and Traces

A large track slab was first documented in 1965 after it had fallen from the hillside and tilted outward, revealing dinosaur tracks that had been hidden from view for 190 million years. Most of the preserved tracks belong to the theropods Eubrontes and Grallator, and the site is also the type locality for Anomoepus moabensis, a small ornithopod most likely a plant-eating dinosaur. These tracks are in the Navajo Sandstone, and more than 24 theropod tracks of various sizes are preserved here. Deeply scratched vandalism on the nearby cliff wall cannot be removed, and damage to tracks, petroglyphs, and pictographs destroys the experience for future visitors.

Utah · United States