GC2P2B9 Traditional Cache Dinosaur Train - Pteranodon
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: grizzlycacher @ | Hide Date: 02/19/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 38.849 W105° 11.756 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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The Jim Henson Company is sponsoring Dinosaur Train themed geocaches. Each geocache features one of the dinosaurs found on the online Dinosaur Train Field Guide and contains educational information related to that dinosaur.
Our family decided to hide a cache for the Pteranodon near the Morrison Natural History Museum. Mostly because during our visit to the museum we discovered some interesting information related to the Pteranodon.

Pteranodon existed during the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. It was one of the largest of the Pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over 6 meters (20 ft). Pteranodon is known from more fossil specimens than any other pterosaur, with about 1,200 specimens known to science.

What surprised us the most is that Pteranodon was a reptile, but not a dinosaur. By definition, all dinosaurs belong to the groups Saurischia and Ornithischia, which excludes pterosaurs. Nevertheless, Pteranodon is frequently featured in dinosaur books and is strongly associated with dinosaurs by the general public.

Cache can be accessed from the East parking lot of Mt. Falcon. The cache looks down on the museum, but don't access the cache from the museum.
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9 Logs: Found it 9  

Found it 06/17/2019 By nerd8622
Log sheet is soaked

Found it 12/27/2018 By geojake-kc
Good puzzle challeng;yet quickly done

Found it 10/25/2018 By saiftey
Forgot a pen but needs a new log any way, TFTC

Found it 09/20/2018 By hayy_14
#geocachingwithgypsy

Me and my pup found on a nice little nature walk today!

Found it 08/22/2018 By dustycreager
Fun find

Found it 07/20/2018 By just us normals
Found it. Needs a new log.

Found it 07/12/2018 By phil671
Did not like fire leading open space rules to find cache. Otherwise an easy find

Found it 07/12/2018 By debbieog
Beautiful hike up Castle Trail.

Found it 05/06/2018 By Cirnyl
First one today!