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Dinosaur Park Open House

13100 Mid-Atlantic Boulevard Laruel, MD 20708
Laurel, MD 20708
  • Presented By: THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION
  • Dates: 10/7/2023, 10/21/2023, 11/4/2023, 11/18/2023, 12/2/2023, 12/16/2023
  • Location: Dinosaur Park
  • Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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    The Dinosaur Park located in Laurel, Maryland is a property of the M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County that provides a variety of educational experiences where the public can assist Dinosaur Park staff and be paleontologists for a day.

    Fossils found at the Dinosaur Park are 115 million years old (Early Cretaceous period), occurring approximately 50 million years before the Tyrannosaurus rex. Dinosaur Park is also home to Astrodon Johnstoni, the Maryland State dinosaur, and the largest species found east of the Mississippi River. The area represents what remains of an Early Cretaceous period river and wetlands, similar in environment to the Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland today.