The Land Before Podcast: Fossil Histories and Paleo Mysteries

by Dinosaur Ridge

The Land Before Podcast explores fossil histories and paleo mysteries from Dinosaur Ridge, sites around Colorado, the United States, and everywhere on Earth where the remains of dinosaurs and prehistoric life is found. In 2022, a group of Dinosaur Ridge staff members teamed up to create this podcast to connect with dinosaur enthusiasts, those interested in paleontology, geology, ichnology, natural resource preservation, STEM education, natural history, and new fossil discoveries. Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado is North America’s #1 rated dinosaur tracksite, according to an esteemed panel of paleontologists. More than 250,000 visitors from around the world visited the site in 2021 to see the tracks, ancient seaway ripple marks, trace fossils and dinosaur bones embedded in the Jurassic and Cretaceous rock of the Dakota hogback. Since 1989, the nonprofit group Friends of Dinosaur Ridge has been providing educational tours and other visitor services including camps for kids, while working to ensure preservation of the dinosaur tracks and fossils set in the Ridge just east of the iconic Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre outdoor concert venue. Dinosaur Ridge is part of the Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas National Natural Landmark, a subunit of the National Park System. In this podcast series, our own network of experts share their knowledge and interpretations, explore the issues and challenges impacting the field, do some myth-busting, and of course celebrate the fun stuff from fresh fossil finds to dinosaur movies, dinosaur art, and the stories told in popular culture that continue to fuel human fascination with life on the planet from long before our time. Please visit the website https://dinoridge.org to learn more about Dinosaur Ridge, and how you can get involved.

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Triceratops & Mile High Sea Rock

In the final episode of Season One, we take a look at the iconic mighty Triceratops, inspiration for the Colorado Rockies team mascot Dinger. Plus the geological wonder o

Mar 9 2023
33 min

Colorado Crocs & Mammoths

In this episode, we go back to the Ice Age to a site near Dinosaur Ridge where a Columbian mammoth grave is rapidly being surrounded by a new housing development. And we

Mar 2 2023
19 min

Falconry & Coprolites

In this episode, a Master Falconer describes the serious commitment involved in keeping a wild raptor; the way it might be done if dinosaurs could be captured and cared f

Feb 24 2023
28 min

Ancient & Modern Birds

Host Erin LaCount talks about the connection between birds and dinosaurs - and how birds have changed and stayed the same across deep time. Plus, what it's like keeping o

Feb 16 2023
24 min

The ”Different Lizard” of the Jurassic

Host Erin LaCount takes us back in time to explore the fossil history of the Morrison Formation apex predator from the Late Jurassic Period. The paleontologists who playe

Feb 9 2023
34 min

TWIST & STEGOUT!

SHOW NOTES (Bonus Pre-Season Episode) Evidence indicates the Stegosaurus did not swish its spiked tail back and forth like a Medieval weapon, but rather used it for loco

Apr 28 2022
32 min