Enthusiasm at Dinosaur Journey Museum over the first National Fossil Day in October was cut short by the arrival of Ruby Adelaide Foster. To the new papa, John Foster - our paleontologist, and new mama, ReBecca Hunt-Foster - our collections manager, waiting for Ruby’s arrival was a bit more exciting than Fossil Day.
Nevertheless, John was [...]
“National Fossil Day is a celebration organized to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value.”
The Museum of Western Colorado, in partnership with Colorado National Monument, was excited to offer fun activities both at Dinosaur Journey and at Colorado National Monument on [...]
The Mygatt-Moore Quarry has officially been closed up for the summer. We had a very successful summer of digging, with 105 specimens collected over the summer. Included in our finds were 14 plant specimens, 25 various rib sections, 5 sauropod vertebrae and 2 specimens of Mymoorapelta (a vertebra and a piece of neck armor). We also had a great year [...]
Museum of Western Colorado Paleontology Curator, Dr. John Foster, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Bureau of Land Management/McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. Dr. Foster applied for the grant in order to continue research at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in Rabbit Valley. You can read more about his ongoing research at the quarry in a [...]
On August 19th the Museum’s expeditions crew removed a large jacket containing the remains of a Apatosaurus vertebra and at least 3 (maybe up to 6!) ribs from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry. A backhoe from the City of Fruita was donated for the morning to help us remove this very large piece from the ground. The jacket separated from the ground successfully and is currently being [...]
*please note: This post and some of the details have been updated
Join us in celebrating
the first ever National Fossil Day!
October 13th, 2010
National Fossil Day is a celebration organized to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value.
The Museum of [...]
We are nearing the end of our quarry work at Mygatt-Moore for the summer, with our last public dig rapidly approaching on August 30th. We have had a few recent finds that we wanted to share!
Friday in the quarry Zander from Longmont, Colorado, found a very nice Diplodocus tooth!
We also are finally ready to remove the large [...]
A week ago this past Thursday we successfully removed a large sauropod tibia from the quarry! This lower leg bone probably belonged to an Apatosaurus. It was initially discovered by our volunteer Tom S. on July 1st as we worked the quarry with our 5-day Moab dig group. Our 3-day dig group participants worked hard [...]
The 5-day expedition to Moab was a great success this year, with 12 participants traveling from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and California! Below is a short recap of our trip:
Day 1 (June 28, 2010): We met with participants at the hotel to have dinner and discuss the trip’s structure. We went over some of the local [...]