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Rabbit Valley
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Location Mesa County, Colorado, United States
Nearest city Grand Junction, CO
Area 280 acres (110 ha)
Governing body Bureau of Land Management
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Rabbit Valley is a valley located in northwestern Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The site was discovered by a local Colorado couple in 1981 Rabbit Valley contains numerous prehistoric remains from the Late Jurassic Period. Nearly 4,000 bones have been found here, including Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, a supersaurid, a diplodocid. Rabbit Valley is accessed by Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 50.

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