Dinosaur Footprints

The Mesozoic was an interesting time in local geology as well.

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Edward Hitchcock, the third president of Amherst College and a notable geologist, spent much time going over these footprints. In his correspondence to colleagues in Europe, he remarked that the Holyoke range must have once been overran by giant birds. Time would prove these remarks to be prescient.

These tracks can tell us what kind of dinosaurs lived here, how the dinosaurs walked, and even what the weather the dinosaurs were experiencing. In the far corner of this exhibit, you can see fossilized drop marks left by rain.

It's time to leave the age of the dinosaurs. Please go up to the second floor and start by going to the far left, to the second set of drawers.