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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday October 29, 2002 ,8A Quarry sites along Price River yielding numerous fossils (Continued from page 1A) Cretaceous Period which ran from 130 million B.C to 65 million RG It was at the end of this period that the famous lyranno-taunt- s Rex roamed the earth and it was also when the dinosaurs mm ' v mcrri? - VN i IVv - ',. ibeingv ossflsm both are from the same 'W' ' , . 'rr.r: T A- ' V 4 When mU tails lead Home. . 38 East 100 North Sometimes the levels vary, but are still in the same time pe- - Utah Price, ' 637-188- nod," stated Bird. Its hard to tell why, but earth movement and other factors can change the level of bones that fell on foe ground w-it- r UMSIt 4 warn man Trails End Realty wants to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween! Bring your little ghosts and goblins by our office about foe same time. But this quarry is not just any as if any of them arent special m their own way. This dig i is rewriting the history Isdence bools on the Cretaceous period. -- between 4pm to 6pm on Halloween to get their safe trick-or-treat- s. These animals were not thought to exist in North America during the time period we are presently working on, stated Bird. But here they are. Everyone thought they only existed farther south. This dig is tdianging what most professionals have thought about this period in this part of the world. The age offossils is told ina number of ways, but a great deal can be told by the rock layer the fossils appear in. We have a sedimentologist working on this right now, stated Bird. ATW Broadcasting John Bird, a palaeontologist for the CEU museum uses some Paleo bond to glue a piece of fossil back on to a larger bone. Fossils setdom stay in one piece when retrieved from the a One of the fallacies 'people have is that when diggers find bones they are all laid out as if foe anil naljust laid down and went to sleep. But bones are seldom found in articulated shape. Most are bent over, folded under and are often 'Seemingly thrown to the wind. Unless the animal died and was covered over very quickly Uhe bones usually got scattered all over foe place, says Bird. ' 'Scavengers and just the natural environment seldom allowed 'carcasses to just lie in a spot until ifoey were hidden from view. The truth is that a full skeleton of a single large animal is seldom found. Most fully assembled dinosaurs are a conation of a number of difat animals of the same kind. But while the fossils are rock, some of their origi- nal qualities, beside shape, still exist As Bird was putting to I ly Evans dips another strip of lap in a bowl and they both set bur-large- the sticky clothe on the side where V&rren pointed to the thin gether afossil that had broken up, he pulled out a small plant root : ls pen-fossi- 1 spot Once the plaster dries, foe rib will be bagged in plastic and loaded into a transport vehicle. Meanwhile Arlene Yensen works right next to them trying to outline another set of fossils by making a ridge in the dirt and rode around them. The idea of digging up ancient fossils may seem to be a helter skelter kind of operation to many people, but it isnt at all. Everything on a site is mapped out on a chart, so that information can be used later to keep trade of all die that had penetrated one of the cracks in the fossil See that, he said as he held the deep brown strand that up almost looked like angel hair pasta. The plants love to even though etrate these i they are so old. That is because there are a number of nutrients left in the fossil from the qriginal bones, particularly phosphates. In the quarry below, Warren and Evans have just about encased a fossil rib in the plaster of paris jacket. We need a little more plaster on this side," Wuren points out fossils extracted. Every quarry is different, not only in layout but in how we have to approach the recovery, explained Bird. And we never take off the kid gloves. All quarries must be treated with care. Probably one of the most interesting things about the whole field of paleontology is that the profession is able to garner so much help from unpaid labor to get things done. It is not just a local phenomenon, but is true in fossil hunting field all over the i world. Why would people work out in the hot sun or on a cold day, picking and digging sometimes with the smallest of tools, to re-move a bunch of rock from the earth that often has no semblance to any creatures alive today? Warren had one good answer, certainly not the only one, but a good one. Its just kind of neat, stated WuTen. We get to touch the remains of an ancient world that has never been touched by human hands. a fossil in burtap that is soaked in mmm Station Manager of Price Operations Ef USAfm 100.9 Hiti or Yistebday ft Today Kimball Johnson For Carbon County Commissioner mfwm & v will pursue a stronger relationship with Ihei State of Utah. Carbon County has a wonderful dverstty. We need to also reflect this dversity In Government. Vote I Rag. $18000 li j . ii . IndudaamoidiofMh, Crown Procedure 1 1 48 South Main St., Helper, Utah Teachers. coupon Not to be combined with orry otoor oltor. ' Expire 43103 treasure the resources and assets of this community. We need to preserve and enhance both. have promoted community by creating end maintaining http7Mww.caveart.oom: randbaptor.com: ceu.edusports & ceu.eckWtews. I I j J I Iw develop a stronger cooperative relationship wtth Emery County; We need to share resources and. support each others community events (not schedule cvbr the top of each other.) PaW PdUcal Advwtoement 472-555- 6 - . 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Registered Nurse for 22 years, teaching nursing 7 of for last educator Nursing years. Member of Public Health and Four Coiners Mental Health Boards fox last 6 years (chaired both boards for 2 years). 7 1 . vs ffJT' I Toll Deep roots: & at Colege JEETKPlRAIGHTENIN WMi .coupon. ExpirM to Carbon County Castle Country Strong love of Country Oral Surger- y- Wisdom Teeth Removal Cosmetic Dentistr- y- Crowns & Bridges i and Cleaning Commitment . Orthodontia ! INB . & Orthodontics ys, Aim I Family Dentistry Exam, 1080 IA5LW COUNT! spent many memorable holidays In Price and Hiawatha. Iwasa'hunt-Ingdog- T for the "Johnson Brothers' in my youth. I spent a lot of time hunting with my Father, Grandfather and Uncles up Nine Mile, on Gentry and along theSkytne. continue to take hunting trips In our wonderful back country but with a camera (see http7Mww.caveart.com). mmm I ) fbl I've mm X-Ra- IP7DD .lift ! jiOarfc Warren and Marvin Evans work to cast Inc. is proud to announce sri. wA S. |