New dinosaur site found by Yukon River.

• Position: Paleontology - Brief article

A major new site for dinosaur fossils along the Yukon River has been discovered by researchers from the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks. A recent trip netted about 2,000 pounds of dinosaur footprints for the museum's collection, relates Pat Druckenmiller, curator of Earth Sciences. "There aren't many places left in the world where paleontologists can just go out and find thousands of dinosaur footprints. This is the kind of discovery you would have expected in the Lower 48 100 years ago."

In July, researchers set off in boats for a 500-mile journey down the Tanana and Yukon rivers. Co-discoverer Kevin May, operations manager, says the goal was to explore as many beaches as possible for evidence of dinosaurs. "Based on what we know about the geology along the Yukon River, the rocks exposed downriver from Ruby suggested they might be a good place to find dinosaurs."

They found much more than they expected: dinosaur...