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Paleontology Interns Map an Ancient Fossil Deposit at Dinosaur National Monument

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Colorado/Utah –Ben Otoo and Nicole Ridgwell are spending the summer living a dream as they scramble and climb among the remains of the long dead. These young paleontologists are photographing and mapping the world famous deposit of ancient bones at Dinosaur National Monument. Their work is part of a multi-institutional effort to bring together the vast historical and scientific information about this great dinosaur quarry and ultimately make it available on-line to both scientists andthe public. With over 1500 dinosaur bones to document, and each bone needing multiple photographs to show all the anatomical details, plus converting several large historic quarry maps with drawings of thousands of bones needing into electronic files, it is a busy, but satisfying season.

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Dinosaur hunter is making prehistory

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Scott Richardson is up at dawn, standing atop a rocky ridgeline near his base camp, a solitary figure in the slanting light. He surveys a primordial wilderness of dry creek beds and stands of juniper and pinyon pine.

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Super-Rare Baby Dinosaur Footprints Modeled In 3D

Who knew paleontology could be so cute.

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Tiny tracks found in Colorado are so small that they could belong to a kitten. But these footprints actually belong to baby stegosaurs — the only such tracks ever found.

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The ‘indescribable’ fun of digging dinosaurs in Utah

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Jeanette Bonnell likes to play in the dirt. The 62-year-old retired human resources specialist is also pretty handy with a dentist’s drill.

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What do this newly-discovered dinosaur and DC Comics' The Flash have in common?

Though a flightless creature, this newly-discovered dino takes after the Roman god Mercury, and even superhero The Flash, with wings on its head.

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The Roman god Mercury is a rather influential figure – a planet, an element, and even superheroes, such as the Golden Age version of DC’s the Flash, have either been named after or inspired by the fleet-footed messenger deity.

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Dino Goes Digital, Scientists Map Wall Of Bones

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Scientists from Brigham Young University and Dinosaur National Monument have teamed up to map the famous “wall of bones,” a sandstone slab containing more than a thousand dinosaur fossils.

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Discover Dinosaur Utopia: Utah

A great video short that talks about Utah’s expansive fossil record and dinosaur findings due in part to our wide variety of geology. Watch it to find out more about Utah’s contribution to dino discoveries.

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A Moab Adventure of Walking With Dinosaurs

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Welcome to a place where you can get prehistoric with dinosaur bones and track sites.

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Maybe Dinosaurs Were A Coldblooded, Warmblooded Mix

New ideas that dinosaurs had a “Goldilocks” lifestyle with a mix of both warm and cold blood. Check it out!

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If you go to a zoo on a cold day and watch the snakes, you’ll see what it means to be coldblooded. Not much action going on — most reptiles and other coldblooded creatures take on the temperature of their surroundings, so they tend to be most sluggish when the outside temperature is cool. The monkeys, however, act like they’ve had one too many cappuccinos. That’s largely because they’re warmblooded — their bodies have lots of tricks for actively generating heat and losing it, so they’re metabolically able to move quickly and maintain their core temperature no matter how hot or cold it is outside.

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Digging for dinos: Free Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry tours

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The Bureau of Land Management-Utah Henry Mountain Field Station is partnering with the Burpee Museum of Rockford, Illinois, to conduct free guided tours at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. Daily tours for the public began May 29 and continue through June 7. No tours will be offered on Sunday, June 1.

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