Friday, June 20, 2008

6/20/08: A Dinosaur Dig

We stopped at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center which until a couple weeks ago was the most recent site in the States where dinosaur bones have been found since 1945. The museum is fairly small but the center’s primary objectives are study and education. They offer all day digs for visitors as well as various educational programs. We took a tour of one of their dig sites. We actually watched the Paleontologists digging. They explained what they were doing and took time to answer our many questions. We saw dinosaur tracks and bones that had been partially unearthed. It was very interesting to see them working at uncovering real dinosaur bones and casting them for transport to the lab (which we also got to see).

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