LAND OF THE DEAD

Exploring ancient worlds and the plants and animals that lived in them

Monday, April 18, 2011

AND YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST FOSSILIZED BONES

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Most people see the great wall of dinosaur bones at the Monument as what it is: a great wall of dinosaur bones. However, some see our fossil...
Friday, April 15, 2011

ALUMINUM, RUBBER, SILICA, AND A TOUCH OF PAINT

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Currently the major effort at the QVC is getting the glass into all the walls of the building. Once enclosed and secured the plywood sarcop...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

GOODBYE DESERT ROSE

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We have completed the installation of the steel for the north side, exterior ramp, mezzanine, interior ramp, east wall, west wall, and south...
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Friday, April 1, 2011

EARLY MORNING EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES QUARRY VISITOR CENTER AND DINOSAUR BONES

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At 4:47 AM Mountain Standard Time a 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in northeastern Utah. While not  a powerful quake, the epicenter was s...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

A DINOSAURIAN DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

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June 1, 1958. Utah Governor George Dewey Clyde (right) cuts a ribbon to officially open the new Quarry Visitor Center at Dinosaur National...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

AREN’T YOU A BIT OLD FOR BRACES?

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As I mentioned a few posts back, new measurements and subsequent re-evaluation suggested that the beams on the north side of the Quarry Visi...
Friday, March 25, 2011

ALL POINTS BULLETIN: LUCILLE BALL (aka TRACY COLLINI) WANTED FOR THEFT OF GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FROM DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT AND TRANSPORTATING THEM ACROSS STATE LINES: APPROACH WITH CAUTION!

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 In the 1954 hit comedy film The Long, Long Trailer (1), newlyweds Nicki Collini (Desi Arnaz) and Tracy Collini (Lucille Ball) want to save...
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DAN CHURE: I have been the paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument for 34 years. My main research interests are dinosaurs & the ecosystems they lived in. I am also interested in fossil resource management & preservation, & the impacts of 20th century warfare and social revolutions on fossil collections & scientists. This blog is personal and not an official blog of Dinosaur National Monument or the National Park Service.
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