Pretty neat, though some may be curious why it takes Montana State to come down here and do the work when there are (supposedly) several institutions devoted to such and similar investigations already present in southern Nevada. Yes, I can imagine why you might wonder that, you clever wonderer about such things you… Yes, these are the people who eliminated a previous position of mine (and others) because they did not have anything for me to do. Now they are touting how wonderful it is to do research and find things.
Well done, Mr. Bonde, et. al, well done.
DINOSAUR DISCOVERY Las Vegas Review Journal
Fossil remains are first for NevadaA fierce 6-foot-long raptor once roamed what is now Southern Nevada about 100 million years ago based on fossilized dinosaur remains, the first ever documented in the state, found northeast of the Las Vegas Valley.
“This is the first dinosaur stuff [a technical term only real scientists are allowed to use --ed.] described in the state of Nevada from a time period not well-known in North America,” said Josh Bonde, of Fallon, the Montana State University researcher who found and documented the fossilized remains over the past year.
Bonde, a 26-year-old graduate student at Montana State University-Bozeman, will announce the find today with officials from Springs Preserve and the Nevada State Museum when they unveil plans for a new museum building that will house some of the newly found fossils at the preserve, near U.S. Highway 95 and Valley View Boulevard. (…)
Petrified remains of at least five types of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period were uncovered and recorded during a series of shallow digs and prospecting ventures beginning in March 2005 through this summer. (…)
The fossils include a femur from a 6-foot-long, meat-eating dromaeosaur, commonly known as a raptor or running lizard of the genus Deinonychus. (more)
Please pardon me while I retire to my corner and mutter dark things about former employers.
