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RMDRC News
We are preparing for our
most important scientific event of the year here at the RMDRC.
2009 is the 200 year anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12) and
the 150 year anniversary of the publication
On the Origin of Species
(November 24).
 The
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
in Woodland Park, CO has a
special event and exhibition planned to recognize his scientific
achievements. “Charles Darwin: The True Story” will be presented
April 4 at 7 pm
in the Ute Pass Cultural Center by guest lecturer
Dr. John
van Wyhe
from the University of Cambridge. Dr. van Wyhe is a historian of science at
the university. He is the founder and Director of Darwin Online, a
Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College (Darwin’s own college) and a member of the
British Society for the History of Science.
His
research has focused on refuting the long-held belief in ‘Darwin’s
20 year delay’,
the origins of the legend that Darwin discovered evolution from the finches
while in the
Galapagos,
and more recently Darwin’s views on the origins of life.
Dr. van Wyhe is
publishing three books and numerous shorter items on Darwin for 2009: an
edited volume of Darwin's shorter publications (more than 250 in all), a
co-edited volume of Darwin's Beagle notebooks, and an accessible illustrated
book on Darwin and evolution. Van Wyhe edits the most complete
bibliographical list of Darwin's publications ever published.
He is
also researching other aspects of Darwin's life and work including his time
in Cambridge,
helping to restore Darwin's college rooms and contributing to an iconography
of Darwin. Dr. van Wyhe is committed to sharing Darwin's work, Darwin
scholarship and history of science with the wider public. He lectures and
broadcasts on Darwin and the history of science around the world.
As a
special favor to our mutual friend,
Angus Carroll,
RMDRC
is one of five
planned stops in the US. He will also be speaking at
Boston University,
Chicago
University,
Oklahoma
University
and the
Huntington Library in Los Angeles.
Following the lecture, the new exhibit
“Darwin & Dinosaurs”
will be unveiled at the
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center.
These Darwin materials are part of
the
Angus Carroll
collection
and have never been on public display before. The collection is valued at
well over $1,000,000.The
exhibit will include
original
Darwin letters, books,
maps, and artifacts.
A scale model of “The Beagle”, built from the original architectural
plans, will also be on display. The exhibit will run through July 5.
Tickets for
the lecture and exhibit unveiling are available online at
www.rmdrc.com
or at the RMDRC front desk. Ticket prices for the
lecture and unveiling are $25 per person, $15 for members.
For additional information, please visit
www.rmdrc.com
or call 719-686-1820. The Woodland Country Lodge is offering a discounted
room rate for the weekend. Call their toll-free number 866-687-4466 and ask
for the Darwin event discount.
On
March 7,
all Scouts (including Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Brownies) and Scout Masters and Troop
Leaders
in uniforms
may enjoy
FREE
admission to the museum in honor of Scout Day.
2:00pm - Steve Veatch with
Veatch Geoscience will present
"Introduction to Dinosaurs and Paleontology".
"Introduction to Dinosaurs and Paleontology" - Dinosaurs
are a spectacular example of a successful form of life, dominant for 135,000,000 years and still with us today. This presentation focuses on understanding what dinosaurs are, what happened to them, and how paleontologists learn from them. This "hands-on" introduction to dinosaurs will look at the hot-blooded/cold-blooded debate, what's new with dinosaurs, and how a paleontologist works in the field and the laboratory. Join Professor Steven Veatch and explore lost worlds where dinosaurs once ruled supreme.
He will include the
"Milo the
Mammoth Project", where visitors will participate in the visualization of the size of a mammoth using poles and string. Microscopes and slides will be available for hands-on viewing.
*This event is included with paid admission for all other visitors*
We
have several speakers planned for
Women’s History Month
on March 14 and 15. See Geri’s column below for details.
The
deadline for
Dino Art 2009
is April 15
so get your artwork in soon. See website for details.
 The
Woodland Retail Alliance is sponsoring the first annual
“Get Your Irish
On” event
with a
$1,000.00
“Pot of Gold”
give-away
March 14
in Woodland Park. Activities planned for the day include a pancake
breakfast, children and pets parade and kid’s activities outside at the
RMDRC
(weather permiting).
The give-away game goes on all day at 25 businesses. Local restaurants and
bars will be serving green beer and margaritas and having Irish food
specials. Irish entertainment will be provided at the
Ute
Pass Cultural Center
with door prizes and the Pot of Gold awarded at 7PM. This is going to be a fun day
for everyone! See
www.rmdrc.com
for details.
We have returned from our trip to
Tucson, Arizona,
for the world’s largest gem, mineral and fossil show with a trailer full of
goodies for the
Prehistoric Paradise
gift store. Our staff is working hard to get all of the new merchandise out
as soon as possible. Plan to come by and browse the store soon.
We
look forward to seeing you soon at the
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center!
Sincerely,
JJ Triebold
President, RMDRC
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From the Education Desk
The
“Luck of The Irish”
to all. Can you believe it is
March already! We have been
very busy at the museum these
past two months and are looking
forward to an even busier next
few months with many new
activities and events coming up.
March is American Red Cross
Month, Deaf History Month,
Employee Spirit Month, Music In
Our Schools Month, National
Kidney Month and Youth Art
Month, just to name a few.
We also have National Words
Matter Week, March 1-7, Act
Happy Week, March 16-22, Peace
Corps Day, March 3, Learn What
Your Name Means Day, March 4 &
Daylight Savings Time begins on
March 8th. What can you find to
celebrate?
We are very proud to announce
our
SCOUT DAY on March 7th. All
scouts and scout leaders
in uniform
will have
FREE admission
to the museum from
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tour our museum, visit the hands
on area and enjoy our program at
2:00 p.m.
with Professor Steve Veatch,
researcher, writer and explorer,
who will speak on
“Introduction to Dinosaurs and
Paleontology". This will
also include a demonstration
with sticks and rope on how big
“Milo
the Mammoth”
(discovered in Florissant) was.
There will be microscopes and
slides to use and Professor
Veatch will give the scouts a
specimen to take home. There
will be sign up tables manned by
scout leaders if you wish to
join and/or ask questions about
scouting. It is going to be a
fun,
interesting
and
informational
day.
Come join us!
We will celebrate
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
on
March 14 and 15.
Jackie & Tim Matz will be
at RMDRC at
2:00 p.m. on Sat. March 14th
with their troupe which will
do a costumed
presentation entitled “A
Stage In Time”. It will
include portrayals of Helen Hunt
Jackson (American poet &
novelist), Julia Benesch
(Pioneer), Lucy Stone (American
suffragist) and Cara Georgina
Whitmore Scovell Bell (wife of
William Bell, founder of Manitou
Springs). This will be a tribute
to each of these remarkable
women. Climb aboard the
stagecoach with us and meet four
women who helped shape history.
On
Sunday, March 15th, at 2:00
p.m.,
Park Ranger Jeff Wolin and David
Atkins, from the Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument,
will combine their talents
and do a power point
presentation on Charlotte
Hill and Her Influence on
Paleontology and Science in the
late 1800's. At
3:00 p.m. on
Sunday March 15th,
Donna Finicle of the Ute Pass
Historical Society will speak on
Catherine Lee Bates, (she wrote
“America the Beautiful) and
Clara Bowen (an African American
pioneer). Larry Black will speak
about Isabel Bird and Mary Ann
Davis will present on Chipeta
and Owl Women. These were truly
Extraordinary Women of the
Old West. All of these
presentations will give us a
better view on how women
contributed to science and the
history of Colorado.
We hope you will join us at
RMDRC to celebrate a very busy
and fun March.
In the words of an old
leprechaun I once knew
May you never forget what is
worth remembering,
or remember what is best
forgotten
Regards,
Geri LeBold
Education Director
geri@rmdrc.com
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From the Business
Development Desk
Book your
school group today!
Don't forget about
our CAST Program
"Community and Students Together"
Registration Required Call 686-1820 x 104
Elementary School Days Cost: $7
Middle School Days Cost: $8
April 15 - Dino Day
What a great place
to celebrate your birthday! For a small price children and adults get to
enjoy a party in the company of dinosaurs.
RMDRC Paleo Patch
Program meets all the requirements for the Girl Scouts Dinosaur badge, the
Jr. Girl Scout Try-It badge, and some requirements for Boy Scout badges.
Call and book your
Tour, Birthday Party or Paleo Patch today!
Contact us at 719-686-1820 x 104.
See you soon!
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From
Triebold Paleontology, Inc.
Well, we all made it
back from Tucson in one piece! Overall visitation at the show
was slow this year, but our new specimens Tylosaurus kansasensis
"ORM" and Didelphodon " TAZ" were big hits with the show
visitors. And, YES, folks do read the signs with all the
information I gather on each specimen for display at the shows.
There were lots of people looking for the shark bite marks on ORM
throughout the two week run.
Savage Ancient Seas is
heading back to Miami Seaquarium from March 7 through June 1.
Stars of the show this
year will include the World's Largest Sea Turtle- Archelon and the
Cope Elasmosaur. The other half of the show is opening at the
Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA on March 28 through June 28.
The world's second largest sea turtle- Protostega and
Dolichorynchops, the star of the National Geographic Sea Monsters
movie will be the highlights of their show. Please send any
friends or relatives in those areas to see our fantastic sea
monsters!
Even with the slow
economy, museums, zoos and aquariums are planning new and improved
exhibits. TPI is excited to be a part of these new projects.
If you happen to be in the Cartersville, GA area, be sure to see the
new Tellus: Science Museum of Northwest Georgia. The first
Apatosaurus skeleton from our lab is on display there, along with a
number of additional skeletons.
www.tellusmuseum.org
We are looking forward
to a busy and fulfilling year in our labs.
Be watching for new specimens on the horizon!
Tracie Bennitt
Sales
and Marketing
Triebold Paleontology, Inc.
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Things have slowed down quite a
bit in the lab, but we still have a few interesting projects coming up.
We have restarted low-rate preparation of Pete 3, our Daspletosaurus
torosus specimen from central Montana. Daspletosaurus is a
tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Judith River Formation, and is
approximately 75 million years old. This species of dinosaur is the
closest relative known to Tyrannosaurus rex. As we prepare the
bones, we are getting a good sense of just how huge Pete 3 was. Our
current estimates are of an animal 36 feet long, standing 12 feet tall
at the hips. Preparation of the bones are less than 10% complete, but we
are inching closer to finishing every week!
We are also working hard to bring
some new exhibits to the museum. Soon we will have a display of the
sauropod (long-neck) dinosaur Camarasaurus supremus, from a
quarry near Newcastle, WY. Our lab crew is also hard at work preparing
our exhibit space for the upcoming Darwin exhibit, which promises to be
very exciting. In the meantime, many of our existing exhibits will be
upgraded and renovated. Stop by soon and see just what we've done!
Anthony Maltese
Curator, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
719.686.1820 x106
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News links for February 2009
Fossil snake said to break length record:
An ancient South American snake that might make
today's feared anacondas seem almost cuddly is
renewing discussion on why giant species evolve.
Digital scans of "Lucy" take pre-humans inside out
Reuters -
USA
Lucy's fossil is visiting the United States as part of a world
premiere exhibit organized by the Houston Museum of Natural Science...
Fossil could date back to the dinosaurs
BrainTree and
Witham Times - UK
“This fossil is very unusual. It is a nucleolites from the
Jurassic period.” If he is right, the fossil could be
anything from 146 to 200 million years old. ...
Dinosaur hunter unearths nearly 50 new species in Britain's own
...
Telegraph.co.uk -
United Kingdom
Some 48 new prehistoric species have been unearthed by a British
expert from Britain's own Jurassic Park, including dinosaurs such
as the deadly ...
Early Whales Gave Birth on Land, Fossil Find Reveals
Wildlife Extra -
Hereford,England,UK
UM paleontologist Philip Gingerich, who led the team that made
the discoveries, was at first perplexed by the assortment of adult
female and foetal bones ...
Statistics Paint Grim Picture For Sea Turtles
Tampa Tribune -
Tampa,FL,USA
Heavy metals in their food sources and new diseases also cause
illnesses in the aquatic reptiles. Shoreline losses also affect the
population. ...
Dino-killing meteorite did not start global wildfires 65 million ...
Thaindian.com -
Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
London, Feb 24 (ANI): The results of a new research indicate that
the dinosaur-killing meteorite that struck Earth at the end of the
Cretaceous period 65...
New Stegosaur With Odd Long Neck Discovered
National Geographic -
Washington,DC,USA
Miragaia's neck is also very long compared to the dinosaur's
19.6-foot (6-meter) body length. The newly discovered stegosaur
has 17 cervical vertebra, ...
Scientists are using laser imaging to investigate how fat – or fit ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
... research group have reconstructed the bodies of five dinosaurs,
two T. rex (Stan at the Manchester Museum and the Museum of
the
Rockies cast MOR555)... |
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