A Dinosaur Discovery

I bought Kallen and I a ticket to the Natural History Museum of Utah Dinosaur Discovery from a fundraiser for Westminster.  Kallen has always loved dinosaurs so I thought he would really like this adventure.  He did!

The Dino Discovery included:

• Meeting NHMU paleontologist Dr. Mark Loewen
• See the brand new species of dinosaur, Nasutoceratops titusi recently announced by Dr. Loewen and the NHMU paleo team. 
• Go behind the scenes and see - up close - real dinosaur fossils in the paleo collection storage area
• Explore the paleo preparation lab - and view the latest fossil discoveries

I have to say it was pretty cool.  The paleo collection storage and the preparation lab are areas you generally just get to view from behind the glass but we got to go inside.

When we got there they had a staff member helping the kids make a triceratops hat and they also had trilobites for everyone to excavate.  

Here is the link to the story that was in the newspaper on Thursday:  http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=27527739

 Femur of an allosaurus.

 Some sort of lizard.

 A beaver above.

 Excavating the trilobite.