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Prehistoric life on Earth can seem so strange, with the plants and animals resembling something out of a science-fiction novel about an alien planet.
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Bureau of Land Management workers are removing two dinosaur tracks in Moab to prevent them from being damaged.
A strange dinosaur from the time of it’s discovery—the Spinosaurus fossils were strewn across two continents. Now that all of the parts have been reunited, scientists find that this animal may be the first known semi-aquatic dinosaur discovered. Check it out!
latimes.com
A strange dinosaur fossil dug up in the deserts of Morocco and whose parts were flung across two continents has finally been reunited – and its bizarre body parts show it may be the first known semi-aquatic dinosaur.
The BLM will be hosting a special dinosaur presentation tomorrow, September 12, at the GSENM Visitor Center in Kanab, Utah, at 7pm. Read for more info, and what to expect at this special event!
sunews.net
On Friday, September 12, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host “Parasaurolophus: New Insights Based on GSENM Discoveries,” a special presentation at the GSENM Visitor Center, located at 745 East Highway 89, in Kanab, Utah.
A historical dinosaur dig begins again after 155 years. Read more about the team, and what they’re finding!
moabtimes.com
The remains of Utah’s oldest-known dinosaur are hidden so far out of the way that it’s hard to imagine how anyone ever found them.
Good morning everyone! With another weekend on the horizon, here’s something fun you can plan for in the coming weeks—the 2014 Big Water Dinosaur Festival!
“The Big Water Dinosaur Festival is celebrating the many past and ongoing dinosaur fossil discoveries in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and other areas surrounding Big Water, UT. The festival will have arts, crafts, food, and entertainment. There will be tons of kids’ activities, including the BLM Dinosaur Murder Mystery, dinosaur drawing and coloring contests, lots of dinosaur games and activities and ‘Funtime Inflatables’ with a bounce house, giant slide, etc. There will be evening music and entertainment and a Dinosaur cake contest.”
For more information: http://www.bigwaterdinosaurfestival.com/
Dinosaur National Monument has regrettably become another site of vandalism as a park ranger discovered damage to a sauropod’s fossilized humerus bone last Tuesday. Park rangers are offering a reward for information about the incident. If you have information, please call 435-781-7715.
sltrib.com
Park rangers are offering a reward for information about whoever damaged a fossil at Dinosaur National Monument.
www.thestar.com
Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur — a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants — have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus, or “fearing nothing.”
fox13now.com
The first dinosaur remains in Utah were discovered 155 years ago, but because of the difficult terrain the dinosaur had never been fully excavated. But crews are now working to complete the excavation.
moabsunnews.com
“Researchers with the Utah Geological Survey have correlated, or matched up, the unit to another outcrop to the east, and were able to obtain a zircon date of about 112 million years in age.”
— Rebecca Hunt-Foster
Paleontologists from the University of Colorado and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have been excavating a location north of Moab for the past year. The site contains over 200 tracks left by dinosaurs over a 125 million years ago.
Looking to see some dinosaurs yourself? Check out this dino-read for you from deseretnews.com!
Where to see dinosaurs in Utah
Although dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago, they remain alive in people’s imaginations — particularly children’s.
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