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If you are ever traveling in Black Hills of South Dakota and Mouth Rushmore a visit to the Black Hills Institute in Hill City is a must. Not very large, their museum is full of dinosaurs they collected mostly in the Hell Creek and other local items including invertebrates.

A few T rex skulls and skeletons

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Anzu wyliei

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Struthiomimus altus

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Pachycephalosaurs wyomingensis

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Thescelosaurus neglectus

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Thanks for posting Frank.

Btw for those of you interested in the history of the Black Hills Institute (and more specifically Peter Larson) as it relates to "Sue", there is a movie that was released in 2014 called "Dinosaur 13". It's a great watch.

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Is the carnotaurus skull in the first picture a replica or a real one? It's a pretty cool skull either way.

Replica.

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Wow, they have some nice specimens. Thanks for posting.

"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you" Job 12:8

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  • 2 years later...

Some new displays

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Liopleurodon ferox 

large Jurassic Pliosaur from Russia

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Wowowowowowow! I would go nuts at this place. That liopleurodon is crazy (it's a cast, but still!) 

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Boy, that Tylosaurus skull is so cool - and the aigialosaur as well. Thanks for posting these :) 

 

P.S. Wasn't aware of a Russian L. ferox . I thought their remains were confined to western Europe?

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

Q. Where do dinosaurs study?

A. At Khaan Academy!...

 

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On 6/20/2018 at 9:35 AM, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

 

P.S. Wasn't aware of a Russian L. ferox . I thought their remains were confined to western Europe?

 

 No idea just passing on comments by Pete Larsen 

 

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On 6/20/2018 at 12:35 PM, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

S. Wasn't aware of a Russian L. ferox . I thought their remains were confined to western Europe?

May not have been formally studied yet, considering they have the original.

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“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

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Original  mount of Stan  with replica skull.   Orginal skull is on floor due to weight, shown above

 

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  • 8 months later...

New display at the BHI.  It's amazing they continue to add to very tight quarters.

 

Pete Larsen posted these photos and comments

"Finished the revamp of our Cretaceous marine exhibit today in the Museum Black Hills Institute!! The new Elasmosaur really brightened up our day.  We are added a cast of the Maastrichtian long necked Plesiosaur from Morocco".

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The marine display is wonderful, and a little eerie as well. Especially that second photo.

Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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Was just at the BHI and a bad thunderstorm kept us there so had an opportunity to look at some of their collection in storage.

Holotype of Tatankaceratops from Hell Creek Fm

 

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