Posted by: Sandy Steinman | October 28, 2026

Near Arches National Park, a new dinosaur species emerges from the ground

SF Gate reported

Fossils representing at least 4 dinosaur groups were discovered at the Ironstone Bonebed

Earlier this month, paleontologists with the Utah Geological Survey broke ground on a new excavation site in the Utah desert just outside Arches National Park. The land, newly dubbed the Ironstone Bonebed in homage to the rust-red hue of its rocks, sits in an area rife with dinosaur history, and already, it has offered up its first exciting find: a seemingly new species of armored dinosaur.

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