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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Throwing it back to the 2010s this week! Our Paleontology Hall has a beautiful central exhibit displaying the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, with critters like Allosaurus. The exhibit was revamped between 2010-2012 to better reflect new advancements in science! #throwbackthursday #scientificprogress

Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry exhibit before the 2010 revamp!

Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry exhibit after the 2010-2012 revamp !

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's Throwback Thursday! On September 1, 1979, our museum held a statue dedication for local artist Gary Prazen’s bronze sculpture “Survival”. The statue displays an Allosaurus eating a “gamptosaurus” in a battle of mortal combat. #throwbackthursday #allosaurus #camptosaurus #paleoart

Image of the 1979 dedication of Gary Prazen's "Survival" bronze sculpture, in its original location. Allosaurus eating "gamptosaurus".

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have you been to Nine Mile Canyon yet? This Saturday is "Stewardship Day" and it's the perfect time to visit! Start at @NineMileRanch where vendors and activities run from 10am-4pm, then head up the canyon! Join our team to learn about this incredible cultural resource just an hour from the museum!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s Throwback Thursday! This week we have a fun photo of a tour group in the entrance of our museum! Calling out to our community, we are wondering if you can spot anyone you know?! #throwbackthursday #prehistoricmuseum #science #archaeology #paleontology

Throwback photo of a tour group in the entrance of the Prehistoric Museum.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s Fieldwork Friday! Today we are highlighting our recent 2026 fieldwork near Ferron Mountain. Here are some shots of our amazing team with some amazing fossils! #fieldworkfriday #fossilfriday #volunteers #fossils #paleontology

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s Fossil Friday! Utah’s state dinosaur is Utahraptor ostrommaysi, a sickle-clawed dromaeosaurid from the Cretaceous. Utahraptor, meaning “Utah’s predator” is one of the oldest, largest dromaeosaurids in the fossil record! #utahraptorostrommaysi #utahstatedinosaur #fossilfriday

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy Throwback Thursday! Duane Taylor unloads bones and replicas for the installation of the Huntington Mammoth exhibit in our Archaeology Hall!🦣🦴 #throwbackthursday #huntingtonmammoth #archaeology #megafauna #paleontology

Duane Taylor unloading the Huntington Mammoth, holding 6 rib replicas.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This Fossil Friday we are showcasing this beautiful conifer from the Neslen Formation (~75 million years old). Conifers dominated forests for over 200 million years! Conifers can be identified by their needle-like foliage, which are in your backyard! #fossilfriday #conifer #paleobotany #wesleyan

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It’s Throwback Thursday! Today we are highlighting our Huntington Mammoth as we come up to the 38th anniversary of its discovery! 🦣 Here's an old newspaper scan from March 24, 1992, and some fun photos from the excavation! #tbt #throwbackthursday #huntingtonmammoth #archaelogy #paleontology

Sun Advocate newspaper from March 24, 1992, digitally scanned archive detailing CEU receiving Huntington Mammoth bones.

Huntington Mammoth skull in the ground uncovered.

Huntington Mammoth skull in plaster jacket being lifted out of the quarry!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's Throwback Thursday! Throwing it back to 1963, Jim Jensen attaches the Allosaurus skull to its body, while Sherill and Don Burge supervise. This skeleton went on display in areas around Price, UT before our museum was even established! #throwbackthursday #allosaurus

Jim Jensen on the left, attaching an Allosaurus skull to its body for exhibit in 1963, while Sherill and Don Burge supervise on the right.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It's Toothy Tuesday! 🦷 An Allosaurus fragilis right maxilla is slowly being uncovered. 🦖 The last image is a previously prepared Allosaurus fragilis left maxilla collected from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in the 70s! #clevelandlloyddinosaurquarry #toothytuesday

Unopened plaster jacket with numbers on the outside.

Plaster jacket full of rock with an Allosaurus fragilis right maxilla peaking out of the rock.

Previously prepared Allosaurus fragilis left maxilla.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Happy Fossil Friday! These fossil leaves come from the Neslen Formation and are ~75 million years old! They were deposited in the Cretaceous period and have been SAFE from cyclospora 🦠since then! 😎😉 #paleobotany #fossilleaf #fossilleaves #fossilfriday #prehistoricmuseum

Hand holding a partial fossil leaf on a rock.

Hand holding 2 rocks that contain partial fossil leaves.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Hi everyone, I’m Brooke! I’m a fossil preparator working on fossils from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. I found an Allosaurus right maxilla hiding in my first jacket! Very cool to be the first to lay eyes on this beauty 🤩 #Fossilfriday #deathelevated

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New science on the Huntington Mammoth for #FossilFriday! Yesterday, Dr. Christina Ryder visited our museum to sample fossils for carbon dating. Dr. Ryder and her collaborators are interested in the extinction of Ice Age megafauna in North America, including critters like mammoths & mastodons. (1/4)

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The science behind Walking With Dinosaurs! Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Prehistoric Museum would like to invite you to submit work to the 2025 Castle Country Community Art Show, in our Special Exhibits Gallery, Nov 14, 2025 - March 15, 2026. We will be accepting your work November 6-9, 2025, during regular museum hours.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

A Gastonia-themed Fossil Fest comes to the Prehistoric Museum November 15! FREE admission all day (9 am - 7 pm) Museum collections tours (10 am & 1 pm) Activities/crafts for all ages (11 am - 2 pm) Up-close looks at the stars of Walking With Dinosaurs: Gastonia and Utahraptor (11 am - 2 pm)

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Join us on Nov 11 at 7:30 PM for a FREE screening of Walking with Dinosaurs at the King Koal Theatre in Price, UT! Follow the Prehistoric Museum & our excavation of Gastonia & raptor fossils. Hang out afterwards for a Q&A w/ our curator, Dr. Joshua Lively, and see fossils excavated during filming.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We are excited to partner with the Price City Youth Council as part of the 3rd Annual Main Street Mash! There will be fun activities across downtown Price, including free admission to the Museum. #Prehistoric #Utah

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Great article about former museum preparator Carrie Herbel on her work at the University of Nebraska. If you enjoyed our temporary exhibit, Dippy: The Worlds Oldest Celebrity, you can thank her for her hard work she put in restoring the casts. news.unl.edu/article/herb...

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Herbel helps preserve Nebraska’s legacy, one bone at a time | Nebraska Today

A full-circle moment brought Carrie Herbel back to Nebraska to take a position once held by a mentor. The chief preparator at the University of Nebraska State Museum is being honored today for 10…

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Don't miss this great event happening on campus next week! Larry Martin has done a great job growing the Castle Valley Orchestra from students and community members. Come join them and the Concert and Chamber Choirs for a night of movie soundtrack favorites and more! #USUEastern

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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

MORE CRETACEOUS FIELDWORK! I'm back out in the Cedar Mountain Formation with @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social, digging up dozens of ankylosaurs and streaming each day at 1pm Pacific Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing to see what we're finding and ask some questions!

Selfie photo of me, in field garb, in front of our newly-erected shade tarps at the "Lorrie's Site" Gastonia quarry out in the eastern Utah desert

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Check out this cool event happening outside the museum tomorrow evening! We will also be offering free admission to the museum during the event.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

A story of vandalism with a happy ending for #FossilFriday A couple of years ago, a sandstone boulder preserving dinosaur tracks in Price Canyon was graffitied. This boulder had fallen out of a nearby cliff and was placed at a popular pullout in the canyon by Utah DOT prior to the vandalism.

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We’re less than 24 hours away from the premiere of our episode of #WalkingWithDinosaurs! Our excavations of Gastonia and Utahraptor will air Tuesday night at 7 pm on PBS Utah. Check your local listings for show times on your PBS station. #WWD25

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Utah State University College of Science @ustatescience.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Premiering Sunday, June 8 on BBC One and Tuesday, June 17 on PBS: Utah State University Eastern's Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social is featured in the "Walking with Dinosaurs" series. Tune in to learn more about Gastonia and Utahraptor, & hear from Prehistoric Museum paleontologists!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Join us this coming weekend for this great event! Learn more about the role of the Buffalo Soldiers here in Utah! Registration is required. Register at the link below. tinyurl.com/bshtregistra...

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

For International #DinosaurDay, here is a large ornithopod track we collected during filming of Walking With Dinosaurs! Though we can’t tell the species of dinosaur that made a given footprint, we know it was an ornithopod because of its three rounded toes. #WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025 1/2

Ornithopod track weathered out of place in the Cedar Mountain Formation

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

We are excited to partner with the State Historic Preservation Office, Sema Hadithi, and Price City to kick off the Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail. Register at the link below. tinyurl.com/bshtregistra...

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Our #dinosaurs and our #paleontologists from the Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern will take center stage for episode 3 of Walking With Dinosaurs, premiering on PBS June 16-18. Check us out on the international stage and see the real thing in Price, #Utah!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Here’s a late #FossilFriday thread of our paleo fieldwork over the last month! In April we prospected the Cretaceous Kaiparowits & Wahweap formations of Grand Staircase Escalante Natl Mon. We found fossils big and small, including #dinosaurs, crocs, turtles, and even a couple of bird bones! 1/4

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Do you want to learn more about the #UtahMammoth? You can always stop by the museum to visit the Huntington Mammoth or, if you are not in the area, read more about it here. #PrehistoricUtah #Utah www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-...

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

While this may not be news to people watching domain names, we are thrilled that it is finally official! The Utah Mammoth is the new name of our NHL franchise! #Utah #Mammoth #PrehistoricUtah www.nhl.com/news/mammoth...

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Utah Mammoth unveiled as permanent brand identity after 4 rounds of surveys, fan vote | NHL.com

Name honors animal that lived in state during last Ice Age

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The Prehistoric Museum invites everyone to come to our annual Fremont Fest, May 10th! The museum will offer FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY with kid's activities from 12pm-3pm. #Utah #Prehistoric #Archaeology

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We are excited for the opening of our new special exhibit, Mutualism: Crucial Relationships on the Colorado Plateau by fiber artist Anna Evans. We would love to see you at the reception this Saturday, April 12th.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Gastonia. Utahraptor. Prehistoric Museum and UGS paleontologists. What more could you ask for in a first look? We lead off the trailer and will be featured in one of the six episodes of the BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs this summer! youtu.be/VAVp_1-Aqc8?...

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Walking With Dinosaurs Official Trailer (2025) | BBC Earth

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We are excited for the culmination of the From Bookcliffs to Blanding lecture series, arranged by the USU Eastern LLC! Join Prof. Jason Olsen and renowned author Terry Tempest Williams this coming Monday! You can register with the QR code on the image.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Going live this afternoon from the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site excavation. Follow along here: m.twitch.tv/prehistoricm... Here’s an awesome fish fossil discovered during the dig yesterday. We’ll probably get it out of the ground later today!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Going live from the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site excavation within the hour! Follow along here: m.twitch.tv/prehistoricm... Here’s a track found after lunch in the rubble pile 👀

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

We’re going live from the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site again for the last couple of hours of our work today. Tune in on our twitch stream!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

First dinosaur tooth of the day here on #FossilFriday !!! Live on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/prehistoricm...

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

After a day of rain we are back at it at the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site excavation! Follow along live on Twitch today.

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This week we are helping our friends at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site excavate a bonebed of fish and dinosaurs in the middle of St. George! Follow along weather and battery permitting at our Twitch channel: m.twitch.tv/prehistoricm...

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Excavating fossils at the St George Dinosaur Discovery Site

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Utah State University College of Science @ustatescience.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We had a TITANOSAUR-sized good time at Science Unwrapped at USU Feb 21 with USU paleontologist Josh Lively of USU Eastern's @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social. A dino-sized "THANK YOU" to Dr. Lively for traveling from Price, Utah to talk with us, and to all of our amazing volunteers!) 🦖

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

You don’t have to cross the Delaware to have a good time on Presidents’ Day. But depending on where you live, you might have to cross the Price River. We are OPEN all Presidents’ Day with free admission from 9 AM to 5 PM!

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Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Utah Mammoth! We met with FOX 13 News to talk about why our giant from the Ice Age should represent our state on the ice with Utah Hockey Club: youtu.be/t6el7aPlCh8?...

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