2023 Fall Gateway to Canyon Country

can actually see skin impressions.
And they’re finding
out that’s actually more
common than previously
thought, but more often
than not, when paleontologists
were in the process of
removing these bones from
the Earth, in the past, those
skin impressions could get
overlooked and dug up and
destroyed in the removal
process. And so it’s very
unique to get those skin impressions,
but it is becoming
more common, as paleontologists
are finding
out that that’s something to
look for.”
Museum guide Paul
Campbell said hadrosaurs
were the cattle of their era
and plentiful, likely grazing
in herds. Gryposaurus
is a specific breed of hadrosaur,
like a Hereford is specific
breed of modern cattle.
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) paleontologists
Dr. Alan Titus and
Katja Knoll delivered the
baby hadrosaur mummy to
the museum, along with a
ceratopsian pelvis and ribcage.
They drove from
BLM’s paleo lab in Kanab,
Utah, to the museum Aug.
10, 2023. It took nearly four
years to prepare the fossils
for display.
According to BLM, “Dr.
Titus, BLM Utah Paria River
District Paleontologist,
and Dr. Scott Sampson,
who is popularly known as
‘Dr. Scott the Paleontologist’
from the PBS show
Dinosaur Train, discovered
the baby hadrosaur.”
“It is very satisfying for
me to see these fossils put
on display and to share the
story of their scientific significance
for the public to
appreciate,” Titus said. “In
this case, the ceratopsian
shows injuries on its ribs
that probably resulted from
RIGHT: This ceratopsian pelvis and ribcage fossil was found on the
Kaiparowits Plataea in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
BELOW: The 81.5-million-year-old Lythronax argestes (Southern King of
Gore) is the oldest large tyrannosaur known in North America.
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