Two thousand miles through millions of years — Montana’s Dinosaur Trail

Montana has been working the charismatic megafauna thing for millions of years.

Long before grizzly bears prowled for elk calves along the Rocky Mountain Front, Deinoychus packs chased maiasaurs away from their nests to snack on newly hatched babies. If dozens of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils hadn’t been found in the sedimentary Montana soils, we’d know they were here from all the teeth gashes in the bones of Triceratops they ate.

ROB CHANEY

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/recreation/two-thousand-miles-through-millions-of-years-montana-s-dinosaur/article_210f3834-cb3e-5919-ae0d-811ccedd7e7d.html

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Museum of the Rockies’ https://www.museumoftherockies.org/ new paleontologist John Scannella: Making dinosaur dreams come true

John Scannella was a little boy growing up in Queens, New York, when he first fell in love with dinosaurs.

At age 3 Scannella discovered library books on dinosaurs. By 5 he was busy drawing dinosaurs. On a family trip to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, his mom recalls that he ran up and tried to hug the dinosaurs.

He watched TV documentaries about paleontologist Jack Horner digging up dinosaurs in the badlands of Montana. By age 8 or 9, he was reading Horner’s books and wishing that someday he might get to visit the Museum of the Rockies.

By Gail Schontzler Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/science/museum-of-the-rockies-new-paleontologist-making-dinosaur-dreams-come/article_44a6abcd-e909-5d12-b108-e74173a7d8d0.html

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Researchers strap on a $150 Kinect to get a high-rez scan of a T-Rex skull

One day, you’re a terrible killing and eating machine. Flash forward 65 million years, and you’re being conquered by a $150 gaming accessory.

That’s the new reality of the majestic T-Rex, reduced by time to fossilized remains. Of course, mysteries remain — and they could be solved with one of your favorite gaming devices.

BY LANCE ULANOFF

Full Story: http://mashable.com/2017/07/06/kinect-scans-t-rex-skull/?utm_cid=hp-n-5#wmuBTydQbOq4