Dinosaurs of Eagle County

Billy Doran, local paleontologist and dinosaur hunter, will introduce participants to the world of dinosaurs, focusing on those that inhabited Eagle County in the Mesozoic.

Doran is Executive Director and Founder of the Museum at Dinosaur Junction, which offers guests a look at the lesser-known dinosaur history of Eagle County as well as insights into the history of paleontology itself. The museum even showcases what Eagle County would have looked like throughout the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, with exhibits covering a 230 million year history.

For almost 15 years, Doran has been dedicated to uncovering and educating others about local dinosaur history. He has found several fossil collections in Eagle County. While the fossils remain in the hills where he found them (a result of BLM land permitting requirements), giant replicas were created for the museum: an allosaurus and a camarasaurus.