BYU's Paleontology Museum holds one of the largest fossil collections in the world. Many of the classic dinosaurs most people know about were found in Utah, according to Boisvert. (Cameron Cook) ...

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A field crew found the first tritylodontid bonebed in the Navajo Sandstone, said the National Park Service NPS / Brian Engh The recent discovery of extremely rare fossils from the Early Jurassic ...

An old fossil discovery is providing new information to scientists nearly 40 years later. A fossil bone found in a sand pit near Vernal, Utah, in the 1980s has turned out to be an older-than-expected ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

St. George • As they race to extract as many fossils, bones and footprints as possible from a St. George dinosaur quarry before construction begins next month on an electric power station, scientists ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — A new, 11-foot-long fossil discovered near Dinosaur National Monument has been moved to the Utah Field House of Natural History for curators to work on. Mary Beth Bennis the education ...

Imagine widespread, humid forests with old, venerable trees, an undergrowth of moisture-loving plants and massive dinosaurs prowling about, along with various other species. It doesn’t seem like it ...

A painting depicting an Early Jurassic scene from the Navajo Sandstone desert preserved at Glen Canyon NRA The recent discovery of extremely rare fossils from the Early Jurassic period in Utah is an ...