oldtimer Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Visited the Natural History Museum in Salt Lake this past week. They have a good display of Dinosaurs and Fossils. The first thing you see when you enter is the Lab. There are workers prepping fossils and they have some displays to see. They also have a monitor to show what they are seeing under the microscopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 An example of bristles on a model of a Lythronax argestes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 They had a nice display of Green River fossils from Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and Colorado. As well as drawers full of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 They had all kinds of skulls from many different species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Now we all know that most fossil dinosaur finds come in broken and usually missing pieces and parts. Here is a good example of the way pieces are put back together with putties, glues, plaster and fillers to reconstruct a skull. A mammal jaw bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Display of Legs, Feet and Claws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Here is where it may get a little complicated for posting in an organized fashion. They had a wall with Triceratops with a breakdown of species origin, family tree and locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 There are examples of small sized dinosaurs too. They flying style was 18" tall and the standing ones were 20 to 24 inches tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Gryposaurud monumentenis Falcarius utahensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Nothronychus graffami with the smaller Falcarius utahensis Parasaurolophus crytocristatus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 This is an interesting display. You can walk over it and it is a representation of a dig site with the bones laid out in the found position in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 This display was about a dig site that was discovered with two predators over another on the ground. It is hard to tell by the evidence if they killed the one or were scavaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Marvelous posts. What a great museum. I love the fossil bird footprints from Green River. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Utahceratops gettyi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 3 hours ago, oldtimer said: They had all kinds of skulls from many different species. They're all laughing at me! This place is a dino lovers dream! Thank you for the pictorial tour Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 And like most museums they have the back storage areas full of specimens to store and many still to be prepped that are in plaster jackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Wow- A great set of quality pictures, I have to get this museum sometime- thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Thanks for the great tour! This museum is now on my "must visit" list. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Your pics are a bit small, but thanks for showing... The lab shots remind me of the same thing at the Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta that I saw when I was there years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Have visited a few times and it's truly one of the top dinosaur museums around. Lots of real bones being exhibited its a must visit for anyone visiting Salt Lake City. Thanks for the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Thanks for the virtual tour! Very nice displays. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I found some pictures I took of material in the back when they open it up to the public for DinoFest. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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