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The Dinosaur Times 
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July 2016
Issue 69
 
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We celebrate freedom!
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We start our month with our traditional offer on July 4th with Military Appreciation Day. In recognition of their service to our country, all active and retired military and their immediate families receive ½ off regular price admission with proper ID on our nation’s birthday.
Come to Woodland Park and enjoy an “Old Fashion 4th of July celebration” that takes place at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. The day includes live music, activities for kids, a Fire Cracker 5K Fun Run, a kid’s fishing pole casting contest, basketball and volleyball tournaments, fire engines rides, horse and buggy
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rides, a Bierwerks beer garden and much more. Admission is free but some activities have a small fee. There will be a fireworks show at the Woodland Park High School at dusk.
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Bring your lawn chairs and picnic baskets and plan to attend the 35th Annual “Symphony Above the Clouds” July 5th with the COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC presented by
Ute Pass Symphony Guild. Location is the Woodland Park Middle School. Gates Open at 5:00 p.m. and music begins at 5:30 p.m. A pre-show will feature Ceol Ceili, a local Irish band.
FROM THE EDUCATION DESK
We just want to say how much we appreciate all the men and women who have served in our Armed Forces. THANK YOU for your service!
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Courtesy of R. Martin
FYI:
Discovery in Montana
Nate Murphy, Judith River Dinosaur Institute’s head paleontologist, saw some bones sticking out on the side of a hill on a ranch in Montana. What Murphy and his team uncovered was a massive vertebrae, the torso and some ribs of an animal that belongs to the long neck family.

It will probably come in at well over a 100 feet long. That means the thigh bone is going to be over six feet tall and the hips will be the size of a Volkswagen bug. “We think that it could possibly be a new type of dinosaur but we’re going to wait until we get more of it out of the ground,” says Murphy.

This summer is when Murphy and 80 volunteers will continue looking for the rest of this dinosaur which he has named, Monty. With Monty being so huge, Murphy says they’ll have to take off a large chunk of the hill.

Thanks to the use of a 3-D printer this will help replace any missing bones. “This is going to be really neat to see this animal appear out of the ground after 150 million years. It gives me goosebumps”, Murphy says. When they finish digging, cleaning and assembling, Monty will be put on display in a museum.
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An artist’s rendering of Spiclypeus shipporum. Image credit: Mike Skrepnick.
A Decade Old Find
A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly horned dinosaur, researchers announced on May 18, 2016. Found near Winifred, Montana the bones represent a previously unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago. Its scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum and the nickname “Judith”, is after the Judith River rock formation where it was found in 2005 by retired nuclear physicist Bill Shipp. Canadian Museum of Nature paleontologist Jordan Mallon says Judith is closely related to Triceratops. Both had horned faces and elaborate frills. Judith was a plant eater, about 15 ft. long and weighed up to 4 tons. It was at least 10 years old when it died and the bones show signs of infection that would have made it hard to walk or run. This probably made it easy prey for T.rex predators.

Details on the find were published in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor and catch the trade winds in your sails...Explore, Dream and Discover" ~ Mark Twain

Geri Lebold
Education Director
Spend some time shopping at Prehistoric Paradise, the largest dinosaur store in the region for hundreds of unique gifts including real fossils, jewelry, games, books, stuffed dinosaurs, t-shirts and much more! A family membership makes a great gift that can be enjoyed for the entire year. If you have someone who’s difficult to buy for, a gift card is the perfect solution. Save yourself time and money by letting our staff gift wrap your purchases free of charge.
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Triebold Paleontology - In the Lab
Triebold Paleontology staff is busy working on several skeletons that will be on exhibit at the newly built Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience. Modeled after the Dinosaur Resource Center, the RGDE will be opening in July west of Canon City, Colorado. Our lab staff is currently erecting the Brontosaur as well as Tylosaurus and many others that will make up the RGDE displays. We are excited to be part of the team that helps bring this new museum to life. More details about the RGDE and their opening will be available in later newsletters.
 
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Check out the Dinosaur Resource Center’s “Dinosaur Nerds,” YouTube channel, led by uber-nerd paleo twerp Jacob Jett.  Watch for a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going on in the museum and our lab, including fossil reconstruction projects and our visitor experience guides’ hidden gems. Check out all the videos online at dinosaurnerds.com; subscribe to the channel to stay on top of what we’re up to.

Check out lab updates on our blog.  Click here!
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The RMDRC will host our outdoor craft fair on July 2nd from 9:00am-4:00pm on the plaza in front of the museum. At this time, we have 30 craft vendors showing and selling pottery, jewelry, art, textiles, silver, note cards, dreamcatchers, aspen log frames, lotions, candles, cosmetics, baskets and more! Lorenzo’s Indian tacos, Wally’s Tamales and Edible Cotton will be providing food. Henna Joy will provide henna body art and Maid of Paint will have face painting for a small charge. Please bring the family out for this free outdoor event and support these local vendors. There is a charge for admission to the museum on this day. See www.RMDRC.com for a complete list of vendors.
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July 16-17, Sat 10:00am-4:00pm, Sun 11:00am-3:00pm…Pikes Peak “N” Gineers…Please join us for the Pikes Peak “N” Gineers traveling layout exhibition. Scenes are based on real or imaginary area within 300 miles of Colorado Springs. Club members are excited to share with you the history of the layout and how the scenes came to existence. This is a great opportunity to learn about trains, find out about some Colorado history and PLAY!! Bring your camera and join us for this very FUN and UNIQUE event at the Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park.
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July 30, Sat 1:30pmOutback Expedition by Science Matters… G’day Mates! We’re going “Down Under” at the Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, on a fascinating expedition. Decorate your own Aboriginal artifact, create your own Mystery Stone with a surprise in the middle and learn about sharks, crocodiles and the Great Barrier Reef. You are not going to want to miss this adventure.
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July 1st at Penrose Library 10:30am, and July 8th at Rockrimmon Library 10:30am. Come see and touch dinosaur teeth and claws.
 
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We have a lot happening in August starting with our Critter Rescue Roundup on Sat. and Sun, August 6 and 7. Sat hours are 9:00 to 4:00 and Sun hours are 10:00 to 3:00. There will be animal related booths along with many rescue organizations from all over Colorado. This is your chance to maybe adopt your new “best friend” or learn about different breeds and which fit into your life style. It is such a happy day with good food, good conversation and smiles all around. Please join us!
Woodland Park will be having 3 major events that weekend…Critter Rescue Roundup on Sat and Sun…The Mountain Arts Festival on Sat and Sun and Vino & Notes on Sat. There will be a FREE shuttle at Woodland Park High School on Sat to take you to all 3 events from 9:00am-7:00pm. Come STAY and PLAY with us in our lovely mountain town of Woodland Park.
Aug 20 we will be hosting “The Night Sky” in the Portable Planetarium from the Challenger Learning Center from 11:00am-3:00pm at the museum. Enjoy a live show centered on the stars. Learn how to identify the constellations, locate planets and explore beyond our galaxy. This is a fun, exciting and a great learning experience! You won’t want to miss this one.
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Help support your local businesses this summer by experiencing the many natural wonders that make up our beautiful state. Encourage your friends and family to come visit Colorado. While they are here bring them to the Dinosaur Resource Center to see the REAL Cretaceous World for a “Dinosauric” adventure. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you soon at the RMDRC!

JJ Triebold
President
 
 

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Closed - Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day & New Year's Day

We have a marvelous world class museum here in Woodland Park. We feature an awe-inspiring display of dinosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles, pterosaurs and fish of North America’s late Cretaceous period. Our gift store, Prehistoric Paradise is the regions largest dinosaur gift shop and is always free to visit.
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