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The BYU Museum of Paleontology is a hidden gem in BYU’s collection of museums. The museum, located near the LaVell Edwards Stadium, recently renovated and opened its newest exhibit to visitors ...
The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences at Brigham Young University have announced the grand opening of the newly named Museum of Paleontology.
A new project at the BYU Museum of Paleontology hopes to shed light on a dinosaur that lived in Utah. Students from the geology department are tirelessly working to learn about Utah’s past.
Rod Scheetz gave a tour of Brigham Young University’s Museum of Paleontology and showed some of the dinosaur fossils collected by Dr. James … read more Rod Scheetz gave a tour of Brigham Young ...
The 32-foot herbivore is a relative of the long-necked Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus. An assembled skeleton is on display at BYU’s Museum of Paleontology. Move over, honeybee and seagull: it’s time ...
“This dinosaur has huge nostrils,” said Rodney Scheetz, curator of BYU’s Museum of Paleontology, according to the news release. “The skull has huge narial openings, but we can only guess ...
He says fossil enthusiasts can view Gnathomortis' big bite at the BYU Museum of Paleontology in Provo, Utah, and see a cast of the skull at the Pioneer Town Museum in Cedaredge, Colorado.
Last month, ChurchBeat noted that a curator at BYU’s Museum of Paleontology had been quoted in the New York Times about the upcoming sale of a full Stegosaurus skeleton. Well, the sale happened ...
Fortunately for paleontologists, the enamel of the Abydosaurus's teeth remained in tact which allows paleontologists to study the teeth. Because of the shape of the teeth, paleontologists believe ...