The Wyoming Dinosaur Center is at 110 Carter Ranch Road, Themopolis, WY U.S.A 82443 307-864-2997
We old folks got in for $5 each. The gift shop is also the entrance and exit to the exhibits --fancy that!! The metal building is not impressive, but the contents are.
After the introductory displays, you turn a corner and the big stuff starts appearing. One of these was a skull from Brasil.
Then you turn another corner and the creatures below appear.
I'm really not part of the exhibit!!?? Tee Hee. But I am old.
They documented the "beginning of the T-Rex" with these smaller examples. Reminds me of the "evil" ones in Jurassic Park.
Strange looking dudes.
The fluorescent lighting made it tough to get good shots without flash.
They wouldn't let me take it home for my collection!!
Carol, admires the "bite" of a dino
They do workups of the "digs" in a room off of the museum but visible thru windows. This worker is using compressed air to blast away loose rock and plaster.
Some of the work area behind the guy in the picture above. Note the large plaster cast which is around a "find". They have 2-4 hour trips out to the dig and also have a full day, help them dig program. We didn't have time or energy to do these. You would learn how the bones are found, excavated and preserved.
This looked really nice on my camera, but is fuzzy here. There is a nest of baby dinosaurs being watched by mommy dearest!!
They wouldn't let me take this guy either.
A couple of large fish like creatures in the early part of the museum that is out of order. Sorry.
Could not get a good shot of the largest specimen which almost went from one end of the building to the other. It had a very long neck and a very long tail with a huge body and four legs to support both ends.
I recommend this side trip if you get to Wyoming.
Suggest doing it from Casper. We went over the Bighorn Mountains (to get to Crazy Horse and Mt Rushmore) and they were nail biters for Carol. AND SLOW!! Too many hairpin curves.
Carol bought postcards, so this is "Jimbo" the Supersaurus. "Jimbo" is the second specimen of the Supersaurus ever found; and the largest dinosaur to be found in Wyoming. At 106 feet long, he is one of the largest dinosaurs to have lived.
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