Alvaro Garza

When you think of a fossil what comes to mind? Probably the skeletal bones of different extinct animals right? Well paleontology encompasses more than just bones, in fact fossils come in a lot of d...

Here we bring you paleontology related papers published within the past week or so; we will include a link to the published paper along with a small summary. This isn't a complete record of everyth...

Stegosaurus was named the state fossil of Colorado in 1982 due to its history of discovery. Many specimens have been found in state including the holotype specimen.Stegosaurus lived in the Kimmerid...

Happy Fossil Friday! Today we're introducing you to our own sauropod, Littlefoot! Most of you probably remember that name from the animated films of a plucky young sauropod who went on adventures w...

Walter the hadrosaur has been a big part of starting up the paleontology program that our project is apart of so here we have a time lapse of the department creating a beautiful mural depicting our...

Fossil Friday: Sandwash TurtlesHappy Fossil Friday! Today we're presenting two turtle specimens collected side by side from an area known as Sandwash Basin. We believe these turtles lived about 50 ...

For today's fossil Friday we're showing you some theropod teeth we found while prospecting new dig sites in the summer of 2018. These were found at a single locality in the Morrison Formation among...