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UINTA PALEONTOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATES, INC.
Recent Digs - Photo Galleries - McKinsey Ranch
Quarry
On September 20, 2006, Dr. Kelli Trujillo, from the Laramie
office of Uinta Paleo
discovered a sauropod bone bed in the Morrison
Formation while monitoring
the right of way for Rockies Express/REX
pipeline.
Several videos with detailed information can be found by
going to
Youtube and searching "Wyoming Dinosaurs".
--Click on the pictures below to see a larger version--
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In the beginning... |
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Diggin'
up bones and laying pipe. |
Where
do we go from here? |
Kelli
Trujillo has a bone to pick. |
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Kelly Hall works amid a large bone bed. |
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Eddie |
The
Kellys of Uinta Paleo. Buckley, Hall & Trujillo. |
Dave
DeMar |
Pat,
the Fossil Bandit |
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Fossils are finally forming into manageable |
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Josh
Smith, with no cast at the moment. |
Shawn
Duffy wondering if a seagull just airbombed him. |
No,
really! It wasn't a bird was it? |
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Big blocks forming. |
Paleo Dude |
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Frost
wedges assist in the excavation. |
Eddie
Gojmerac & J-Bird |
Shawn
& Marvin |
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John & |
John |
Laramie
from the quarry. |
The
quarry at the start of the day |
Work
continues even in the extreme cold. |
Barb
Benson, Shawn and Marvin taking a break. |
Gimme
shelter! |
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Dee Hall, |
quarry is sheltered from the elements. |
Evan Hall & Barb Benson having a block party. |
to excavate without damaging the fossils. |
Marvin
& Barb isolating a block. |
Dee
Hall mixing plaster. |
Scalpel,
forceps and sponges, nurse! And bring boiling water. |
All images are copyright (c) 2009 Uinta Paleontological Associates, Inc.
No unauthorized reproduction or transmission is permissible.