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Fossil Butte Miner's A-Frame Cabin Tied To Legacy Of Discovery " And Death
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (1833+ words) An A-frame cabin at Fossil Butte National Monument was the home for a fossil miner as he discovered Wyoming artifacts. It also is linked to the poisoning of Wyoming's only convicted female cattle rustler. An A-frame hut that now has…...
People "Freaking Out" Over "Elkosaurus," Wheatland"s Sinclair Dino With Antlers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1014+ words) Elkosaurus" started out as some harmless fun, but has turned into a selfie-trap along Interstate 25 in Wheatland. People are "freaking out about our little Elkosaurus," says the manager of the Sinclair station about its green dinosaur with elk antlers. WHEATLAND…...
Wyoming Baby Dinosaur Skull " Second Of Its Kind Ever " Unveiled In Swiss Museum
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1499+ words) The skull of a baby dinosaur found near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, is only the second of its kind ever found. Named "Lucy," the tiny fossil has been unveiled in a Swiss museum with its growing collection of Wyoming dinosaur discoveries....
Wyoming's Actual Jackalope Is An Extinct Horny Rodent
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1773+ words) The jackalope is mythical, but Wyoming was home to an actual prehistoric rodent with two large horns on its head. The Ceratogaulus is one of the only horned burrowing mammals in Earth's history, and it thrived by confronting predators head-on....
After 30 Years in Wyoming Museum, Triceratops To Be Auctioned; Could Fetch $5. 5 M
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1774+ words) A Triceratops named "Trey" has been a popular exhibit at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis for 30 years. Now on the auction block, it has a pre-sale estimate of $5. 5 million. Some worry Wyoming's dinosaurs could disappear "with one phone call....
Alcovasaurus: The Wyoming Dinosaur That Almost Went Extinct Again After Discovery
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1713+ words) Only one specimen of Alcovasaurus has ever been found, named for the tiny Wyoming town of Alcova, where it was discovered more than 100 years ago. It almost went extinct again when a burst pipe destroyed most of the fossils at…...
11-Year-Old Finds 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell in Southwest Wyoming
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (899+ words) Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a soft-shelled turtle. When it was freed from the rock encasing it, the beautifully preserved…...
'Devil's Corkscrews' In Eastern Wyoming Are 20-Million-Year-Old Beaver Burrows
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1464+ words) Paleontologists spent decades trying to explain "Devil's corkscrews," the bizarre spiral-shaped fossils found in Wyoming and Nebraska. Turns out, they were burrows chewed into the ground by prehistoric beavers 20 million years ago. In modern times, beavers make dams by chewing…...
Giant Wyoming Dinosaurs Are The Stars Of New Abu Dhabi Natural History Museum
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1655+ words) The first thing visitors see when they enter the newly opened Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi are four massive long-necked dinosaurs. Three of these one-of-a-kind giants, and several other fossils in the world-class museum, are from Wyoming. The Natural…...
Paleontologists Think They've Figured Out A Way To Determine A Dinosaur's Gender
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (1741+ words) Have paleontologists found a way to tell the gender of a dinosaur? Based on some sexual kinks, preserved in their bones for over 66 million years, it's a possibility. It seems that while male dinosaurs got some tail, they broke some…...