Searching for dinosaur fossils
on a Montana paleontological dig.
Come with us on a
dinosaur fossil dig to the Paleontology
Field Camp in Montana. It has been run for the past 13 years by the Museum
of the Rockies and is on land owned by the Nature Conservancy.
On the land are various
sites where we were allowed to excavate. These sites have produced numerous
fossils. Some, to name only a few, are: Maiasaura, Orodromeus, Troodon,
Albertosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Saurornitholestes, Montanaceratops, etc.
Since 1978 exciting
evidence has been unearthed here that paved the way to new thinking about
how dinosaurs lived.
The Maiasaura left
three nesting grounds which confirmed the theory that dinosaurs cared
for their young, just as some birds do today. It's also the area where
the first dinosaur embryo was discovered in a clutch of Troodon eggs.
As if that's not enough, the area contains what is possibly the largest
bonebed in the world covering approximately 1 1/2 miles by 1/3 mile. This
is interpreted as having been a herd of at most 10,000 Maiasaura.
Pick up your backpack,
put on your hat and enjoy the following journey.
Start
the dinosaur fossil dig
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