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Utah BLM puts the RAWR in dinosaur!
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Paleontology is the study of ancient or past life
Paleontologists study the fossilized remains of life, including vertebrate organisms such as fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and dinosaurs (vertebrate paleontology); invertebrate organisms such as ancient snails, clams, ammonites, foraminifera, and arthropods (invertebrate paleontology); and preserved plants such as leaf impressions and petrified wood (paleobotany).
By studying fossilized organisms, ancient soils, geochemistry, and biochemistry, paleontologists are currently engaged in answering questions of global and regional climate change and investigating the anatomical and evolutionary changes of life over time.
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Latest Announcements
| September 15, 2011 | New dinosaur discovered in GSENM! - A type of raptor, the dinosaur is the sixth entirely new species of dinosaur discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The public is invited to attend the unvieling and community picnic, celebrating 15 years of the Monument's "Learning from the Land," program this Saturday at Kanab's Jacob Hamblin Park From 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. |
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| July 2011 | New dinosaur museum opens - Check out the new Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Dino Hall. Read about it in the news and follow them on Facebook. |  |
| June 2011 | Get in touch with your inner dinosaur! - This June education staff from the Burpee Museum will be on site at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry to conduct guided tours for the visiting public. Read more about the tours.
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| April 28 - 30, 2011 | 4th Fossil Preparation & Collections Symposium will be held in Kemmerer, WY - The 2011 Fossil Preparation & Collections Symposium, hosted by Fossil Butte National Monument in Kemmerer, Wyoming April 28-30 (immediately after the 9th Conference on Fossil Resources), will feature paper and poster sessions, a field trip to fossil quarries in the Green River Formation, and mutiple hands-on workshops for people who want to improve, expand, and share their knowledge of tools and techniques for fossil preparation. Registration information.
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| April 26-28, 2011 | 9th Conference on Fossil Resources will be held in Kemmerer, WY - The Conference on Fossil Resources convenes periodically to provide an opportunity for public land managers, professional scientists and interested amateurs to come together to discuss successes, discoveries and land management policy to protect and enhance our nation's paleontological resources. Through our collaboration, we seek to maximize scientific, educational and recreational opportunities on our public lands. Get additional information on the conference or read through the registration information.
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| Feb 23, 2011 | UT BLM announces its second new dinosaur from 2011 - Brontomerus mcintoshi or "thunder thighs," is a new sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation. This savvy long neck is said to have kicked opponents into submission. Get more information.
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| Jan 24, 2011 | UT BLM announces its first new dinosaur from 2011 -Teratophoneus currei, meaning "Currie's monstrous killer," is an ancestor of the famed Tyrannosaurs rex. The animal is named in honor of Dr. Phil Currie, a famous dinosaur researcher in Canada. This discovery is interesting because similar to the horned dinosaurs named in 2010, it shows that there were distinctive northern and southern tyrannosaur family groups. |  |
| Dec 15, 2010 | BLM Utah sets record with seven new species of dinosaur in 2010 - Geminiraptor Suarezarum, a new troodontid dinosaur
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| Nov 22, 2010 | Two new dinosaurs described from BLM lands near Moab, UT - Hippodraco and Iguanacolossus are two new genera of iguanadontid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous of Utah. |  |
| Oct 13, 2010 | President Obama Delivers Message on National Fossil Day. Read his letter to the American public and learn how Utah plays a major role in fossil discoveries. | |
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