This toolbox provides teachers with one-of-a-kind Museum casts of dinosaurs unearthed by Utah paleontologists. Form to Request Toolbox at bottom!
What's in the Digging Dinosaurs Toolbox?
Fossil Specimens: Allosaurus upper jaw bone with teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex tooth, Utahraptor hand claw, Grallator track (footprint), Black bear jaw, Elk jaw, Coyote jaw, Diabloceratops skull, frill piece, & horn, Apatosaurus hip bone with tooth marks, Tarbosaurus toe bones, Dinosaur egg, Modern and fossilized seashell, Modern and petrified wood
Books: DK Eyewitness: Fossil by Dr. Paul Taylor, DK Eyewitness: Dinosaur (with CD & Poster) by David Lambert, Bones Rock! by Peter Larson & Kristin Donnan, Dinosaurs of Utah by Pat Bagley, Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki
Other materials: DVD—A Fossil’s Journey, NHMU, Measuring Tapes (5), Hand Lenses (5), Laminated Dino Fact Cards (for each dinosaur fossil cast in crate) (8), Laminated Deep Time Maps – World and Utah (23), Meet the NHMU Paleontologists (2 bios), Utah’s Newest Dinosaur Discoveries (articles & photos), Rules for Collecting Fossils in Utah, Utah in the Age of the Dinosaurs, Where to see fossils in Utah – Utah Museums, Quarries, Tracksites, List of good websites, Care of Fossil Casts Sheet
Teaching Toolboxes include relevant curriculum tied to Utah State Core Curriculum Standards.
Digging Dinosaurs Fossil Crate Inventory
Top Layer:
#8 Allosaurus fragilis maxilla w/teeth (upper jaw bone); WY; Jurassic (149MYA)
#9 Tyrannosaurus rex tooth w/root; SD; Late Cretaceous (68MYA)
#10 Utahraptor ostrommaysi manus claw (forefoot); UT; Cretaceous (125MYA)
#11 Grallator cuneatus track w/mudcrack; CO; Triassic (210MYA)
#12 black bear jaw – omnivore
#13 elk jaw – herbivore
#14 coyote jaw – carnivore
Bottom Layer:
#1 Diabloceratops skull; UT; Late Cretaceous (80-84MYA)
#2 Diabloceratops frill piece (joins to above skull)
#3 Diabloceratops frill horn (joins to above skull)
#4 Apatosaur ischium (pelvic bone) w/predator marks; UT; Jurassic (145MYA) (this is the distal end of the bone only, not the complete bone, which is over 6’ in length)
#5 Tarbosaurus bataar toe bone, normal; Mongolia; Late Cretaceous (75MYA)
#6 Tarbosaurus bataar toe bone w/pathology; Mongolia; Late Cretaceous (75MYA)
#7 dinosaur egg in matrix (species unknown); Mongolia; Cretaceous (74MYA)
#15 modern seashell – not a fossil
#16 fossil seashell (Gryphaea/oyster); Jurassic; Iron County, UT
#17 wood section – not a fossil
#18 petrified wood – fossil; from southern UT
#19 rock (picture jasper) – not a fossil
Other Materials:
Books:
DK Eyewitness: Fossil, Dr. Paul Taylor, ISBN 0-7566-0682-9 (Hardcover)
DK Eyewitness: Dinosaur, David Lambert, ISBN 978-0-7566-5810-6 (Hardcover w/cd & poster)
Bones Rock!, Peter Larson & Kristin Donnan, ISBN 1-931229-35-X (Paperback)
Dinosaurs of Utah, Pat Bagley & Gayen Wharton, ISBN 156684601-3 (Paperback)
Digging Up Dinosaurs, Aliki, ISBN 0-06-445078-3
DVD: A Fossil’s Journey, Natural History Museum of Utah
Lesson Plans (with background information, directions, activity sheets)
Meeting Dinosaurs: You Are A Scientist (no activity sheets)
Fossils: Clues To The Past (with activity sheets)
Adaptation And Survival (with activity sheets)
Other Items:
Measuring Tapes (5)
Hand Lenses (5)
Laminated Dino Fact Cards (for each dinosaur fossil cast in crate) (8)
Laminated Deep Time Maps – world and Utah (23)
Meet the NHMU Paleontologists (2 bios)
Utah’s Newest Dinosaur Discoveries (articles & photos)
Rules for Collecting Fossils in Utah
Utah in the Age of the Dinosaurs
Where to see fossils in Utah – Utah Museums, Quarries, Tracksites
List of good websites
Care of Fossil Casts Sheet
Damage/Loss Information Sheet
Other NHMU Outreach School Programs/Materials Available