Geosciences Researcher Discovers First Dinosaur Burrow in Idaho

Idaho State University Department of Geosciences affiliate researcher L.J. Krumenacker has discovered and documented the first dinosaur burrow in Idaho, which is just the second dinosaur burrow discovered in North America and the third discovered in the world. Both North American burrows are from the dinosaur Oryctodromeus, Idaho’s most common dinosaur.

“I think this is pretty awesome,” Krumenacker said. “It is an incredible animal and it shows the potential for future discoveries in Idaho. A lot of where I’ve been looking has never been looked at before and I expect there is a lot of Idaho dinosaur discoveries left to find.”

The  creature he discovered in the Caribou Range in the vicinity of Soda Springs is known as Oryctodromeus, a dinosaur about the size of a modern Great Dane, that was probably about 2-1/2 feet high at the hips and 11 feet long, including a 7-foot long tail. This dinosaur ate plants and the fossils are about 98 million years old.