smithsonianmag.com
ksl.com
LOGAN — When art student Justin Tolman pitched his idea to Utah State University’s Geology department he had envisioned a sculpture 1/6th the size of the actual dinosaur.
nationalgeographic.com
More than 160 million years ago, long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods lumbered through the ancient lagoons that dotted what is now Great Britain. Now, dozens of their footprints have been found on the forbidding, wave-pounded coast of Scotland’s Isle of Skye.
progressnewspaper.org
What types of plants or animals lived long ago but are no longer in existence? How do we know they existed? For those answers, we look to the fossil record which provides a wealth of information on what once existed on the Earth.
wral.com
A researcher at North Carolina State University has recovered a clutch of rare dinosaur eggs from cliffs in Utah.
Reporters Leia Larsen and Benjamin Zack sat down with James Kirkland to find out what Utah looked like 100 million years ago and learn about the discovery boom happening right now.
www.standard.net
James Kirkland, the state paleontologist with the Utah Geological Survey, goes through the bones of a Mierasaurus on Nov. 21, 2017, at his lab in Salt Lake City. The fossils were recently found in Southern Utah and belong to a species of dinosaur that was previously thought to only live in what is now Europe.
ibtimes.com
Dinosaurs have acquired a bad reputation of the past couple of million years for not being the most affectionate of species.
newsweek.com
You may regret photographs of your awkward teenage years, but at least they won’t be fossilized for people to dig up 76 million years from now. Paleontologists are thrilled a dinosaur didn’t get quite so lucky, because it means they were able to discover a remarkably well-preserved tyrannosaur skeleton.
ksl.com
LEHI — Scott Madsen has been working on one particular job for more than 15 years.
He’s had a long career as an expert in preparing fossils. His work is exceptionally delicate and he often spends hours at a time peering through a microscope, peeling back layers of rock one layer at a time.
good4utah.com
The Good4Utah Road Tour heads to eastern Utah and sets up shop in Vernal! The Utah Field House State Park strives to keep collectibles local and give you a glimpse back to prehistoric times.
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.