Mid-Cretaceous Dino-Dig

[Jim Kirkland <dis@gj.net>]

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