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How Dinosaur Teeth Traveled

The most well-traveled tooth? One dinosaur tooth’s journey to modern day—a fun read.

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Last summer, while spending a day with paleontologist Joe Peterson and his crew at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, I was lucky enough to find a dinosaur tooth. The shiny fossil had once fit into the mouth of a beaky herbivore called Camptosaurus, and, 150 million years later, was nothing more than an isolated crown. The tooth either broke off as the dinosaur fed, or snapped off the root sometime after the animal’s death.

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Utah Park is a Gold Mine for Dinosaur Hunters

An exciting spotlight on some of Utah’s finest dino-country featuring James Kirkland, Utah State Paleontologist.

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If you know where to walk and what to look for, dinosaur bones are easy to find at Utah’s  Grand Staircase-Escalante Park. KSL’s John Hollenhorst reports.

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National Geographic Features Utah’s Ancient Past
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The ancient swamplands of southern Utah, known today as the arid Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, is the topic for “Digging Utah’s Dinosaurs” – a feature article in the May 2014 issue of National Geographic Magazine released this week.

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Utah Is Becoming A Worldwide Dinosaur Destination
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Just 75-million years ago modern-day Utah was a lush island landmass; paleontologists call this prehistoric region Laramidia.

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Dinosaurs and gems put on a show in Ogden

Have you ever faced a dinosaur? Check out this fun article highlighting Gemstone Junction.

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Imagine this: you walk through the doors of Golden Spike Arena’s Exhibit Hall to find a nine-foot-tall Osteosaurus (“Bone Lizard”) biting the heads of schoolchildren.

Don’t worry. No children were harmed in the making of this event.

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From Smallest of Clues, Flying Reptiles Reborn: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs

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About 220 million years ago, as we learn at a thoroughly entrancing new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, a fish caught a pterosaur, chewed it up and spit out the pieces. The expelled mass eventually fossilized, creating what is decorously called a “gastric pellet.” We see its cast here: a compact, egg-size mound of spindly, bent, broken and crushed sticks.

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Alumna makes groundbreaking dinosaur research discovery

Exciting new findings with dinosaur fossils and the organic evidence that remains millions of years later!

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A leading paleontologist and USU graduate returned to her alma mater to present some of her important discoveries about dinosaurs on Friday in a speech hosted by the biology, chemistry and geology departments at USU. She detailed the research process that led her team to their surprising results.

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Sierra College’s DeCourten revisits dinosaur days

The second edition of this awesome book is now available—check out the article for more details!

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Sierra College Earth Science Professor Frank DeCourten recently released the second edition of his book “Dinosaurs of Utah.” The first edition was released in 1998.

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Museum's Mesozoic monsters getting back on their feet again

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After years of lying around looking dead, herbivores and carnivores are interacting.

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‘Chicken from hell’ — University of Utah researcher helps discover new dinosaur

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A newly discovered birdlike feathered dinosaur with sharp claws and a tall crest on its head is the biggest of its kind found in North America. Nicknamed the “chicken from hell,” the fossilized remains announced Wednesday were found by a team that includes a University of Utah researcher. The findings also shed light on the creature’s mysterious genetic relatives.

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Read more about this giant ‘chicken’ in this great article from NPR:

The 500-Pound ‘Chicken From Hell’ Likely Ate Whatever It Wanted
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For the past decade, dinosaur scientists have been puzzling over a set of fossil bones they variously describe as weird and bizarre. Now they’ve what animal they belonged to: a bird-like creature they’re calling “the chicken from hell.”

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Dive Team Searching For Dinosaur Fossil in Colorado River

Another update on the stolen dino track from Moab.

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The Grand County Sheriff’s Office revealed “investigators have identified a suspect” in a dinosaur track taken from land near Moab more than two weeks ago; and divers have now gone into murky water to try to find the fossil.

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