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Mid-Cretaceous Dino-Dig
All;
There are still 5 places open on our May 2-8 Zuni Expedition (see
attached). This is a pretty exciting dinosaur expedition as everything
we find is new to science. We are working with the Mesa Southwest Museum
on this project. Call 1 (800) 344-3466 for more information.
Jim Kirkland Ph. D.
Senior Paleontologist
Dinamation Int'l Society
MID-CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS IN THE LAND OF THE ZUNI
May 2-8, 1998
This expedition is at the cutting edge of dinosaur research.
Expeditioners will be
exploring dinosaur bearing strata from the middle Cretaceous and excavating the
first
significant dinosaur material from this time interval (`92 mya). It is
predicted that all the
dinosaurs excavated will be new to science.
Expeditioners will be excavating with Dr. James I. Kirkland and Douglas
G. Wolfe,
paleontologist for the Mesa Southwest Museum and an expert on the Cretaceous
rocks of
the Zuni Basin. Expeditioners will be staying within walking distance of a
museum on the
Anasazi indians.
Previously discovered dinosaurs include a number of partial hadrosaur
skeletons, a
fairly complete dromaeosaur (raptor) skeleton with a skull, parts of a
tyrannosaurid, teeth
and armor from a nodosaurid ankylosaur, and a number of sites with ceratopsian
material.
The ceratopsian is the oldest horned-dinosaur ever found with brow horns and
was
featured in the Nov./Dec. 1997 issue of Earth magazine. During the '97
Expedition, we
uncovered a bone bed with this new animal and parts of a tyrannosaurid. We will
be
concentrating our efforts on this site, which has proved to be very productive.
Additionally,
we will be prospecting for more sites and sampling established microvertebrate
localities
and plant localities, which provide a complete picture of the fauna and flora
during this
important time interval.
Your fee includes: double occupancy accommodations in Springerville,
Arizona;
meals; ground transportaion; equipment and instruction; visit to Malapai Indian
Ruins.
Zuni Basin_ (6 day)
Fee: $995 + $125 for single occupancy Deposit: $100
Start Dates: May 2 , 1998
Fly into Phoenix, Arizona
For more information call 1 (800) 344-3466