Digging dinosaur bones and cartoons at the Burke Museum

The trust of whimsical art and paleontology at the Burke Museum exhibit Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway will satisfaction both art and science lovers.

As soon as I walked in this morning I also realized it's perfect for my 4-year-old daughter, who lists 'digging dinosaur bones' as one of the things she wants to do when she grows up. Also on her bibliography: to be an artist, so she's going to love seeing Ray Troll's colorful art next to the real bones of dinosaurs who lived millions of years ago.

Paleontologist Kirk Johnson and Troll drove 5,000 miles across the American West imagining survival in the age of dinosaurs, looking for fossils and documenting their trip with sketches and illustrations that led to this exhibit.

Museum company David Dickey said his 3-year-old son Nathaniel was mostly drawn to the fossils, not the art. "It's the real trend," he said.

Are there any good sites where an amateur paleontologist can find dinosaur fossils?

I've heard of some sites before in Maryland that have dinosaur fossils but they aren't reachable to the public anymore. Are there any others? I...


You could try contacting the Maryland Geological Contemplate. Perhaps somebody would be kind enough there to help. I know there are Lower Cretaceous localities in the Style with dino tracks, for...

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