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All fossils found remain at the museum for science and research. Throughout the summer, many dates are available for the Kids' Dig. Children ages 8 to 12 learn all aspect of what The Wyoming Dinosaur Center does. They dig, work in the prep lab removing matrix from dinosaur bones and they learn molding and casting.
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.
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 ...
Albanese, John, "Reconnaissance Geological Study of the Fetterman Mammoth Site (18CO1401) Converse County, Wyoming", Manuscript on file, Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist, Laramie, 2000 Haynes, Gary, "Sites in the Americas with Possible or Probable Evidence for the Butchering of Proboscideans", PaleoAmerica 8.3, pp. 187-214, 2022
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
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Wyoming, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period
The northern Hanson II site is larger and includes the sites of lodges. Activity in these areas dates to 10,700 +/- 670 years ago to 10,080 +/- 300 years ago. The Hanson site is also of interest in paleontology, with animal fossil remains at deeper levels.