Palms in the Snow: October 27th view outside the museum - after some hard shoveling.

Sincerely,
Dave Ehlert
RMDRC Director
dave@rmdrc.com
 

Prehistoric Paradise Store Specials

Holiday Gift Card Special - Now through December 31st
 

Purchase a $25 or more gift card from the Prehistoric Paradise gift shop and receive a FREE dino gift pack that includes a museum keychain, an authentic piece of dinosaur bone, and a mini dinosaur (an $8 value)—a great stocking stuffer that comes gift wrapped. Gift cards may be redeemed for gift store merchandise or museum admission. Check our website for more details or to view our online catalog. Offer good through December 31st.
 

Remember to shop early for Christmas. New "Dinosaur Teepees" have just arrived with 2 sizes available (below). The kids have a blast camping out and playing inside these!

Trading Cards!

Each month our Visitor Experience Guides give away trading cards to young aspiring paleontologist visitors. Our latest card, "Dromaeosaurus" will be ready for November. These cards feature a picture of a skeleton on one side and a written description and cool facts on the other. Start your child's collection on your next visit to the RMDRC!

Fun at the Booseum

We had a large turnout for our "Fun at the Booseum" event on Saturday, October 28th. Some of the events available to visitors were face painting, pin the tail on the pumpkin, a "bone cart" for hands-on fun, and Mad Science was on hand for 3 shows.

All the staff were dressed for the occasion as were many of the visitors.
 

The scary staff vs. the T. rex at "Fun at the Booseum".


Gary with Mad Science put on 3 shows - giving the crowd some cool scientific demonstrations.


Our visitor Guide, Jesse, show some young visitors an electric experiment
 

RMDRC Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 11 from 9am to 6pm
Military Appreciation Day

In honor of Veteran's Day and the service of our military, the Dinosaur Resource Center offers a special day of half price admission for military personnel (with ID) and their families. Take time to enjoy a special day with your family at our unique and exciting dinosaur museum.

Saturday, December 2 from 10am to 4pm
A Dinosauric Holiday

Come celebrate the excitement of the holidays and the wonder of dinosaurs at the Dinosaur Resource Center. Enjoy our tree-lighting, holiday crafts, special holiday-themed photos, and more! Watch the web for more details as we continue to add to this day of fun. This event is free for our Dino Club members.

Friday, December 29 from 9am to 6pm
Colorado Kids Free Day

Come out for the Dinosaur Resource Center's 2nd annual Colorado Kids Free Day! Admission will be free for all visitors age 18 and under with paid adult admission. Don't miss this free chance to check out Colorado's #1 dinosaur attraction.

2006 Membership Survey

Members are an important part of our business and we strive to find ways to continuously improve what we offer them. Those of you who are current RMDRC members, we would like to ask for a few minutes of your time to fill out this short online survey located here.

Thank you for your contributions!
 

Field season is finally over for 2006, and it went out with a bang! In early October our crew explored some new ranchland in Kansas, and within two days we had to stop looking because we had already found so may new things. It was 95 degrees the first day, but by the time we finished the recovery of the specimens, temperatures had dropped into the lower 50s for highs.

Recovered were parts of a few mosasaurs (probably Platecarpus), many partial pteranodons, a strange Ichtyodectes skull, and a very rare fish called Saurodon.

Preparation of these new finds has already begun. Ray Vodden, formerly of the University of Chicago and the Field Museum has joined our prep crew, and is helping us get into our massive backlog of real bone material. Keep visiting this winter to see what progress we make!


We go where the fossils are! RMDRC Curator Anthony Maltese in the bucket.

When you find a good fossil, it's hard to walk by.
 

Thanks,
Anthony Maltese
Curator
anthony@rmdrc.com
 

From the Education Desk 
 

The school tour program at RMDRC has been receiving rave reviews by students and teachers from preschool to high school. Our new school tour program allows us to tailor the museum experience to support a variety of learning objectives for students of all ages. Recently, a pre-kindergarten teacher booked a tour to introduce the letter “D” to her students. At the museum, the students learned about our new dinosaur, a Daspletosaurus, Edmontosaurus a duckbill dinosaur, and Dolichorhynchops a short-neck plesiosaur. The students were fascinated by hearing what a paleontologist does at a dig site, and they saw a dremel tool and drills in the paleo lab. They enjoyed several dinosaur stories during storytime, and at the end of the tour, each student received a Dromaeosaurus collector Cretaceous card and a dinosaur activity page to take home. The teacher commented to me, “You gave us so much more than we expected. Thank you for making the letter “D” fun and educational for the children.” This is only one example of how we can create a memorable and educational school tour that meets your educational objectives. If you have any questions about our new school tour program, please give me a call.

 
Regards,

Pat White

Education Director
pat@rmdrc.com
 

Dinosaur News

Fossils keep popping up in the strangest of places. Here is an article of numerous specimens found in the Artic Circle.

Scientists keep coming up with new formulas for past extinctions and their causes. Another example of this comes from researchers at the William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY).

Using microfocus x-ray computed tomography (microCT), scientists have found possible evidence of cell division in a fossil more than 550 million years old.