Locality · Private ranches and BLM; historic site
Como Bluff
Albany, Wyoming, United States
Como Bluff near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, is the ridge where Union Pacific workers found the Morrison sauropods that started the Bone Wars in 1877, and the Bone Cabin Quarry nearby gave the AMNH its Apatosaurus. The historic quarries are protected, but the same Morrison outcrops on surrounding private ranches host today's commercial quarries. Much of the Allosaurus and Camarasaurus material in trade comes from within twenty miles of here.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State / province | Wyoming |
| County | Albany |
| Land manager / status | Private ranches; BLM parcels |
| Access | Private; historic quarries are on a National Historic Landmark and adjacent private land |
| Formations | Morrison Formation |
| What is found | Allosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Camptosaurus, Dryosaurus |
Rules
Como Bluff is a National Historic Landmark on private land; there is no public collecting. Nearby commercial quarries (Bone Cabin, Dana, the Jurassic Mile) operate on private ranches with landowner agreements and supply the trade. BLM parcels in the area follow federal rules.
Source: https://www.blm.gov/programs/paleontology/paleontology-management (checked 2026-09-16).
Collecting rules
Elsewhere
Cite this article
Stratum Strata. "Como Bluff" (Locality). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/localities/como-bluff. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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