Permian Period panel, Garden of the Gods Visitor
Illustrated information panel depicting dinosaurs of the Permian Period (Lyons Sandstone), 280 million years ago, at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, at the Garden of The Gods, an area of geological rock formations protected as a public park, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Eroded sand from the Rocky Mountains formed towering dunes. A reptilian ancestor to mammals called Lycaenops is known to have prowled these dunes which became the Lyons Sandstone. The Garden of the Gods was listed as a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13434423
Media ID
45114569
Size
7087px x 4442px
(9.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
