February 28, 2007: "From Discovery to Exhibit Hall: How We Do It" and "Behind the Scenes and Into the Field: Dinosaurs Excavated"
 

Woodland Park, CO - The Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

(RMDRC) in Woodland Park, CO invites you to come up and hear what is

happening behind the scenes at RMDRC. On Saturday, March 10 at 2:00 pm Mike Triebold, world renowned paleontologist and owner of RMDRC, will speak on how we get dinosaurs out of the ground and into our exhibit hall - where the public can

enjoy them and learn more about paleontology. Mike will also talk about our international business, Triebold Paleontology which works out of the lab at the RMDRC.

In addition, Mike will be joined by Anthony Maltese, RMDRC's curator.

See what amazing discoveries are being worked on in the paleo lab, including a giant Protostega, a 15 ½ foot sea turtle. Also see what is being planned for the 2007 field season. This is a rare opportunity for anyone interested in paleontology.

This event is included in the general admission price and FREE to all

Woodland Park, CO - The Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center (RMDRC) in Woodland Park, CO is home to many remarkable paleontological discoveries. It is now home to the world's largest complete fossil shark, Cretoxyrhina (kree-tox-ee-rye-nuh). The Cretoxyrhina is approximately 95% articulated and virtually complete, with the exception of some skull elements and a few teeth. The

entire vertebral column is present and the associated cartilaginous remains are extremely well preserved. It is approximately 25 feet long and is the largest skeleton found to date. Cretoxyrhina lived in the late cretaceous and this specimen is about 82 million years old. Cretoxyrhina, meaning "the jaws of cretaceous", was the largest shark in the late cretaceous sea. They were swift predators with torpedo-shaped bodies and hefty tail fins. Ancestral cousins to the modern great-white shark, they were most likely the largest and most voracious of all fish species in the Cretaceous ocean.

Though sharks were plentiful and were successful marine predators, they did not fossilize well. Unlike bony fish, shark bone is cartilage and requires special conditions to be preserved as a fossil. This original specimen of Cretoxyrhina was discovered by PaleoSearch in Hays, Kansas (Gove County) on private, leased land and prepared by Triebold Paleontology, Inc. Triebold Paleontology Inc. has the

world's foremost collection of Kansas marine specimens on display at

the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, CO (www. rmdrc.com). During the month of March, kids will receive a free

shark scavenger hunt for the marine room and a shark coloring page.

Contact: Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Carla Deemer, Business Development, 719-686-1820 ext. 111