Cambrian fossil from Utah illuminates origins of vertebrate life
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Meet Nuucichthys, a 500-million-year-old fish-like creature recovered in Utah’s Marjum Formation in the West Desert and held in NHMU collections.
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Meet Ally, SLC airport’s first-ever dinosaur
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The Salt Lake City International Airport and the Natural History Museum of Utah unveiled the airport’s first-ever dinosaur—Ally! The museum’s Tim Lee designed the display of the 30-foot-long Allosaurus fragilis skeleton.
Read MoreLoki’s horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades
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The Natural History Museum of Utah announced Lokiceratops rangiformis, the largest and most ornate horned dino ever found. Its distinctive horn pattern inspired its name, “Loki’s horned face that looks like a caribou.”
Read MoreCaving for bones
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How a tip from a citizen scientist led to deep discoveries in Utah’s caves.
Read MoreA Utah fossil’s journey from evidence locker to Harvard
How an evolutionarily significant sea squirt fossil twice as old as the oldest dinosaur arrived at a museum wrapped in red federal “EVIDENCE” tape.
Read MoreFossil CSI: Mysterious site was ancient birthing grounds
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A rich fossil site in Nevada has been studied for decades, but explanations for why so many giant marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs died there 230 million years ago have eluded researchers.
Read MoreCinematic dinosaur representation. Accurate?
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Paleontologist Mark Loewen critiqued the accuracy of Hollywood’s depictions of dinosaurs for Vanity Fair in a video that has racked up nearly 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Read MorePrevious hypotheses questioned in origin of dinos in Argentina
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At the time of the first dinosaurs, variations in the ecosystem cannot be related to the climatic changes recorded throughout its deposition.
Read MoreNHMU launches Triceratops Traits for middle schoolers
The Research Quest program is designed to improve students’ critical thinking skills using real-world science investigations with researchers.
Read MoreA love letter to science
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Science is an idea that’s accessible to anyone, a process by which we observe, test and learn something new.
Read MoreTracking fossils to follow Utah’s past climate
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A paleontologist and her team documented over 600 new fossil finds from the Age of Mammals, a record in the multi-decade Uinta Basin Project.
Read MoreMaddie’s Haddie: When you know, you know
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A first-time paleontology volunteer used her keen intuition and some good old-fashioned beginner’s luck to find an impressive fossil skeleton.
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