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Scientific Papers:

Carpenter, K. (1998a) Armor of Stegosaurus stenops and the Taphonomic History of a New Specimen From Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23, 1-4:127-144.pdf

Carpenter, K. (1998b) Vertebrate Biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation Near Cañon City, CO. Modern Geology 23, 1-4:407-426.pdf

Harris, J. D. and Carepenter, K. (1996) A large pterodactyloid from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Garden Park, Colorado. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh., 1996 (8): 473-484; Stuttgart.pdf


Newspaper Articles:

Boeing News 9/11/92.pdf

Dino-Soar (Gazette Telegraph - Colorado Springs 8/15/92).pdf

Airlifting a Dinosaur (Rocky Mountain News 8/15/92).pdf

Stegosaurus Flies on Historic Journey (Rocky Mountain News 8/15/92).pdf

Copter Whisks Dinosaur Away (Denver Post 8/15/92).pdf

Army Aids Dinosaur Transport (Denver Post 8/15/92).pdf

Dino-Soar Veterans.pdf

BLM Colorado Crossroads Oct. 1992.pdf

Helicopter Gives Stegosaurs a Lift into the Modern World (Canon City Daily Record 8/15-16/92).pdf

Team Resumes Excavation of Stegosaurus (Gazette Telegraph - Colorado Springs 7/24/92).pdf

Stegosaurus Dig Resumes (Denver Post 7/24/92).pdf

Stegosaurus Fossil May Be Largest Ever Found (Pueblo Chieftan 7/24/92).pdf

Bone Hunters Srike it Rich in Old Dig (Rocky Mountain News 6/21/92).

New York Times 8/15/92


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    Cañon City, CO 81212  
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