Amateur fossil hunters have been digging at a spot near Mitchell, Oregon for years. They’ve found plenty of ammonites, and one dinosaur toe bone. A few years ago, the Bureau of Land Management granted a permit to the University of Oregon to try to find dinosaur bones at that site.
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103 million-year-old dinosaur bone found in Oregon
The bone was found during a 12-day dig at a University of Oregon dig site near Mitchell, Ore. Author: Devon Haskins Updated: 6:34 PM PDT July 8, 2021
MITCHELL, Ore. Dinosaurs roamed the earth hundreds of millions of years ago, but their bones aren t commonly found in Oregon. The reason? Well, the state was covered in water for most of the dinosaur ages. In fact, the first dinosaur bone found in Oregon was only discovered about six years ago.
Last year, more bone fragments were found while digging through loose rock near the town of Mitchell in Central Oregon.