Are You a Dinosaur Fan?

[VNwalking]

I don't know about you but big bones turn me into a wide-eyed little kid.
And it turns out we've been walking on them. Lots of them. On the Norte, on the San Olav, the Ebro, maybe even on the Frances.

While I was looking for information about the history of Salas de los Infantes, I stumbled onto this website, which shows the dino sites near the town and in the Lara Valley. One of the outcrops is directly on the San Olav, and the others are not far away. They are worth a look if you are thinking of walking the San Olav, or taking a side trip from the Frances to Santo Domingo de Silos. It's fabulous country, some of the Best. Walking. Ever.

The outcrop right on the San Olav is pretty special. But now I see I missed a museum, the 'motherlode' of Spanish dinosaur-dom, and the type locality of Demandasaurus (named from the nearby Sierra de la Demanda mountains).

So close and yet so far. The history of Salas de los Infantes is wild too. And then there is all the Romanesque.
It's quite a place.

And there are a few other interesting web sites that I found after looking at the one linked to above:
https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co....ur-footprints-from-burgos-province-spain.html
http://www.fundaciondinosaurioscyl.com/en/c/?iddoc=1967&idsec=12
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-needleman/dinosaurs-northern-spain_b_2988613.html
The beach deposits on the Norte are rife with footprints: "Scattered along the beaches from Gijón to Ribadesella are fossilized dinosaur footprints from 150 million years ago."
So keep your eyes peeled Norte pilgrims!

 

[Devon Mike]

The Camino always gives surprises. This is what I saw back in 2016 in Orbaneja, on the road to Burgos......

 

[Theatregal]

Yes! I saw them on the Ingles and the Portuguese Coastal routes

@VNwalking I am fascinated by dinosaurs too! Thank you so much for this info!

 

[Tulle]

And here is what you can see on Camino San Olav!

 

[Sailor]

Very interesting, thanks for the information. Note, I am not packing for El Norte, I am currently relaxing in my Utah home, located about 8 kilometers from this site: https://www.utahdinosaurs.com/history/ To all caminantes, good luck y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.

p.s. Wait, I did not answer the question!
Are You a Dinosaur Fan?
YES

 

[VNwalking]

I had no idea there were so many dinosaur skeletons (wow, @Devon Mike !) and reconstructions are running around out there! @Tulle 's photo gives a good idea of the pre-history we are walking over.

And @Sailor, thank you for the link. What an act of generosity! I've been in and through St George a number of times but it was long before this discovery.

 

[alexwalker]

You will find some info about dinosaurs in the last part of my guide to the Camino San Olav from Burgos:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/el-camino-san-olav-a-walkers-guide.518/

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Am I a fan of dinosaurs? I'd say no, not really, but Peg did give me some fossilized dinosaur dung for Christmas one year.

You may want to check out this Google search for dinosaur "Camino de Santiago" (this tread is at the top of the list but there's plenty else to see.)

And here is the image search for the same query.

 

[VNwalking]

Peg did give me some fossilized dinosaur dung for Christmas one year.

Thank you for sharing, Rick.

 

[Bradypus]

Am I a fan of dinosaurs? I'd say no, not really, but Peg did give me some fossilized dinosaur dung for Christmas one year.

In Ipswich in the UK there is a street called Coprolite Street. What an address to have

 

[VNwalking]

In Ipswich in the UK there is a street called Coprolite Street. What an address to have

No kidding. If you know what that is, then there's the automatic association every time you write the address, and if you don't know what that is, you'll be baffled by the sniggers of those who do.
Rick, how do you happen to know that, anyway? Just wondering....
And if I do say so myself, this thread has taken a distinctly .... um .... well, you know what kind of turn it's taken.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Rick, how do you happen to know that, anyway? Just wondering....

I was one of those kids who always had his nose in an encyclopedia. Now I go to Wikipedia and hit the recent changes link and select an interesting topic.