| Corral Bluffs Open Space | |
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| Corral Bluffs Natural Area | |
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| Location | El Paso County,Colorado,USA |
| Nearest city | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Coordinates | 38°51′47.938″N104°35′19.794″W / 38.86331611°N 104.58883167°W /38.86331611; -104.58883167 |
Corral Bluffs is afossil site outside ofColorado Springs, Colorado. It has been designated aColorado Natural Area by the state of Colorado.[1] Scientists from theDenver Museum of Nature and Science have found thousands of exceptionally preserved plant and animal fossils dating back to the first million years following theCretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[2][3]
Severalmammalian skulls were found in a type of rock calledconcretion.[2] Among these was a skull belonging to a newly discovered species of smallomnivore,Militocodon lydae.[4]
Dinosaur fossils have been found at the base of the bluffs.[5]