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Wyoming first became a hotspot for dinosaur research in the 1870s with the discovery of the dinosaurs preserved in the Morrison Formation. By the early 20th century, hundreds of tons of dinosaur fossils had been excavated from Wyoming. The Eocene fish Knightia is the Wyoming state fossil. Triceratops is the state dinosaur of Wyoming.
Most expensive fossil sold until the sale of Stan in 2020. [10] Barnum Tyrannosaurus rex: 20% of a skeleton Collected by Japeth Boyce in Wyoming, United States in 1995 Bonhams: May 16, 2004: Los Angeles $93,250 [c] $150,422 Reported to potentially be the same individual as the first T. rex specimen ever discovered, now at the Natural History ...
The Hanson Site includes two separate areas of Paleoindian acheological sites in the northern Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, United States. The southern Hanson I site was investigated first in 1973, finding evidence of tool working and stone flakes at a campsite. The northern Hanson II site is larger and includes the sites of lodges.
Fossil of the Early Triassic-Eocene cycad-like frond Zamites †Zamites †Zamites arcticus †Zamites borealis †Zamites brevipennis †Zapsalis – or unidentified comparable form †Zephyrosaurus – or unidentified comparable form †Zofiabaatar – type locality for genus †Zofiabaatar pulcher – type locality for species
Natural Trap Cave is a pit cave in the Bighorn Mountains, in northern Wyoming, United States.Excavations in the cave are an important source of paleontological information on the North American Late Pleistocene, due to a rich layer of fossils from animals that became trapped in the cave.
In addition to the major significance of dinosaur discoveries at Como Bluff, the site has also been the source of significant early mammal fossils. In early 1878, Marsh was ecstatic to find that one of his men had uncovered a fossil from a Jurassic mammal. Within a year, the historic Quarry 9 at Como was discovered, producing an astounding 250 ...
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Wyoming, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period
The Fossil Cabin near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States, was built in 1932 as a roadside attraction. The cabin is built of dinosaur bones excavated at nearby Como Bluff, using a total of 5,796 bones. The cabin was built as part of a gasoline filling station along US 30 by Thomas Boylan.