Evacuating a dinosaur

Sep 02, 2022

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Evacuating a dinosaurWe exposed the femur jacket from last year and it seems to be in good shape! We're hoping that the high altitude winter didn't do too much damage to the specimen, but we will have to wait for preparation in the lab to see for sure. The only problem is that it weighs almost 300 lbs...
We'll have to undercut and flip the jacket tomorrow, after which we'll whittle away as much rock as possible to reduce the weight. We don't know exactly how we'll manage to get this thing out of here. It is embedded in the side of a cliff about half a mile away from a good road. We'll just have to carry it out with man-power! 
 
Contemplating our escape route. This is the view from our quarry. That is a very long distance to carry a 300lb bone. 

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HausConcrete

good

Sep 06, 20220

Simpsonsremovals

Sep 04, 20220

Fossil CratesBacker

Would an ATV work? Otherwise one step at a time. Our backs hurt for you already! :-)

Sep 03, 20220

About This Project

Documenting the dinosaur ecosystem of the Late Cretaceous Almond and Rock Springs Formations

The Late Cretaceous Almond Formation has been known to produce dinosaurs since 1937. Still, the fauna it preserves remains almost entirely unknown. In 2021 we found the first turtles, fish, and crocodylomorphs as well as several dinosaurs including hadrosaurids and the first ankylosaur from the formation. Our aim is return to the deposit and thoroughly document its ecosystem for the first time to inform future studies of dinosaur evolution and distribution.