Dinosaur Under the Stars -- Gryposaurus Monumentensis at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Utah
by Darin Volpe
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Dinosaur Under the Stars -- Gryposaurus Monumentensis at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Utah
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Darin Volpe
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Under the stars on a moonless night, a 40-foot long duck-billed dinosaur foraged the floodplains on what is now eastern Utah.
75 million years or so later in 2010, paleontologists from the Natural History Museum of Utah discovered Gryposaurus Monumentensis in what is now the Grand Staircase Escelante National Monument. It was a common and very successful herbivore, believed to walk mostly on four legs but able to stand on it's hind legs to reach for vegetation. Three-hundred teeth could grind down just about any of the region's plants. This reconstruction, made of original fossil material, stands again under the lights of the Natural History Museum of Utah,
A dinosaur skeleton is displayed prominently under bright, star-like lights in a museum setting. The intricate details of the bones are highlighted against a modern architectural backdrop.
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September 22nd, 2024
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