.@NHMU's very own Randy Johnson standing next to the new species of ankylosaurid #dinosaur, Akainacephalus johnsoni, after it was unveiled at the museum this morning.
A special guest stopped by @NHMU on Monday. 😮 The foothills above @UUtah are full of wildlife and on rare occasion we are visited by some of the more elusive animals, like this #bobcat.
Purple #amethyst crystals adorn the interior of this Allosaurus leg bone from #Utah's Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The crystals grow inside hollow bone shafts filled with water rich in dissolved minerals. Some #geodes form in a similar way. #FossilFriday@BLMUtah
We have taken all of this to heart and will be returning to the drawing board for the branding of this event. Thank you for the robust discussion and feedback, and stay tuned for more details on DinoFest 2024. (2/2)
A time lapse of the installation of the new Akainacephalus johnsoni mount in the Past Worlds exhibit at @NHMU. This armored #dinosaur was discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 2008 and was just unveiled at the museum yesterday! #FossilFriday
A full side view (pardon the mount in the foreground) of Akainacephalus johnsoni after it was unveiled at @NHMU this morning. Guests now can see this incredible armored #dinosaur for themselves in the museum's Past Worlds exhibit.
More photos from the unveiling of a new #dinosaur species, Allosaurus jimmadseni, at @NHMU this morning with the help of @UUtah's Mark Loewen and @DinosaurNPS's Dan Chure, who co-authored the study. Learn more about the discovery and see it in person at DinoFest this weekend!
#FossilFriday update on the #tyrannosaur extracted from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in October. Orbital cavity is top right and look at all those teeth in the lower jaw! Large bone (top left) is a femur and there are tail vertebrae beneath the skull. @KSLcom
Worried about our how our collections faired during the earthquake? Don't worry! All collections objects appear to be unharmed, though we are continuing inspection. Here is a photo of the skull of the dinosaur Diabloceratops eatoni resting in collections. @UUtah@KSLcom@sltrib
Horned dinosaur tracks are rare, but we've got them in Utah! Ceratopsid tracks have been found in the Blackhawk Formation in layers about 84 million years old. You can check them out at @PrehistoricMus in Price! #FossilFriday
