RMDRC paleo lab

This post has been a long time coming. A little over 13 years from when we first dug a hole in the ground for a toe fragment in Central Mont...

We spend a lot of time in Kansas hunting for specimens in the Niobrara chalk. A whole lot of time. Luckily the soft chalk erodes pretty quic...

Just for the weekend, the prototype cast of our Daspletosaurus Pete III (RMDRC 06-005) will be shown off in the atrium of the museum, befor...

There is actually a very good reason why I haven't updated this blog in a while: We've been up to our armpits in the lab building th...

Or even a huge one. Just wanted to share some cool pics we took of Pete III's 5.1m long (17 foot) tail. Caudal 1 is missing from this la...

Some people asked me not too long ago about what we do in order to get some of these bones ready for molding. In the case of Pete III, our D...

Sorry for the lack of updates. We're working on a ton of new projects this winter for an awesome Tucson gem and Mineral show. A few teas...

You know, I think I'm just going to share some pictures as an update to my last blog post . We'll keep the reading part short and s...

It's been a long time, not only since I updated the blog, but since we've had any news about our big Daspletosaurus specimen that w...

So we all know that fossil skeletons are rarely found 100% intact. This is especially true for larger animals for a number of reasons, from ...