Fruita, Colorado Riggs and crew found nearly two thirds of an "Apatosaurus excelsus" skeleton (commonly known as a Brontosaurus) on the northeast side of Dinosaur Hill, in Fruita. This is still considered to be one of the finest specimens known. Later, other sauropod bones were also found, which eventually led to the landmark's name. The animals were from the late Jurassic Age (150 million years ago) and within the Morrison Formation. Fossils of the "Fruitadens" (a heterodontosaurid dinosaur), the world's smallest known plant-eating dinosaur, were first found in the Fruita Paleontological Area (within the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area) off Kings View
Alan the Dinosaur Alan the Dinosaur Alan the Dinosaur is the name given to an unidentified Sauropodomoph fossil, found in Whitby in 1995, regarded as the oldest sauropod dinosaur found in the United Kingdom. It is now in the Yorkshire Museum. The fossil was discovered in Whitby in 1995 by Alan Gurr whilst on a field trip to the site led by geologist Phil Manning. A chunk of sandstone fell from cliff face and was inspected by the finder, who spotted the fragment of vertebra. As it is not identifiable to species level, it gained the nickname 'Alan' in commemoration of its finder.