Morrison Quarry

Morrison museum discovers infant dino footprints

Aggregate Industries has been partnering with the Town of Morrison for many years, and is proud of the relationship we have established with the community.

In addition to working with the town so they can utilitze areas of our quarry as a water storage facility, we have also been partnering with the Morrison Natural History Museum for over 15 years.

Recently, researchers at the Morrison Natural History Museum have discovered two rare hatchling dinosaur footprints in the foothills west of Denver.

Abundant in natural history, the tiny foothills town of Morrison has yielded important fossils since 1877. Morrison Natural History Museum researchers began exploring the 150 million year old Jurassic rocks of the Morrison area in 2003, with support from Aggregate Industries, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, and the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences. Coincidentally, 2007 marks the 130th anniversary of the first fossil finds in the area.

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