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Show ' : ' JUBrewerCo. Photo)S Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Rockwell are please to announce the ' forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sue Olson, to Vinnie Camerlango, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Camberlango. The couple plans a July 26 wedding. 1 Visitors are Welcome at Big Dinosaur Dig A world-recognized dinosaur dino-saur quarry in east-central Utah is about to stir its bones after 11 years of inactivity. The University of Utah Dinosaur Laboratory is reopening re-opening the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry for the first time since 1964 when the dinosaur graveyard was the source of fully reconstructed skeletons for museums from Japan to Scotland. James H. Madsen Jr., research assistant professor of geology and geophysics said several objectives are targeted in the site's reopening. Remaining Re-maining bones will be carefully care-fully plotted as they are exposed and included in a master map which already shows approximately 10,000 bones. Madsen said the site also will be prepared for an interim structure to serve as a field station for future University excavations and as an extension exten-sion of the interpretive center maintained at the site by the Bureau of Land Management. Somes bones will be removed remov-ed to support scientific investigation inves-tigation by the University lab, Madsen explained. In addition, addi-tion, tourists and local residents resi-dents will have a close-up view of a working quarry and a paleontological expedition in action. University researchers are collaborating with other institutions insti-tutions in fully exploiting the scientific potential of the area where bones have been resting for approximately 142 million years. Department of Interior land-use permits specify that collections are to be available for public and scientific scrutiny, the U paleontologist said. The quarry was first discovered discov-ered in Utah's high desert country in the late 1920s and subsequent digs uncovered three types of carnivorous dinosaurs: Allosaurus, the most prevalent; Ceratosaurus and a new genus, Stokeso-saurus. Stokeso-saurus. Also recovered were herbivorous types such as Camptosaurus and Stegosaur-us Stegosaur-us (four spikes on its tail and double row of plates along the bag), and at least two different types of Sauropods (big, lumbering reptiles similar to the Brontosaurus). Allosaurus specimens ranged rang-ed from 3 to 14 feet tall and from 7 to 40 feet long. Only 354 yards of earth have been dug up to yield the thousands of bones at a depth of five feet or less. Scientists theorize that the area was the last remaining waterhole as swamps and lakes dried up in prehistoric Utah and the great beasts gathered for a "last stand." Another theory is that the site was the last dry land as water flooded the region millions of years ago. Although visitors are welcome wel-come at the site, Madsen noted that only limited facilities facili-ties are available and there are no provisions for overnight camping. |