It’s Fieldwork Friday! Today we are highlighting our recent 2026 fieldwork near Ferron Mountain. Here are some shots of our amazing team with some amazing fossils! #fieldworkfriday #fossilfriday #volunteers #fossils #paleontology

It’s Fossil Friday! Utah’s state dinosaur is Utahraptor ostrommaysi, a sickle-clawed dromaeosaurid from the Cretaceous. Utahraptor, meaning “Utah’s predator” is one of the oldest, largest dromaeosaurids in the fossil record! #utahraptorostrommaysi #utahstatedinosaur #fossilfriday

Happy Throwback Thursday! Duane Taylor unloads bones and replicas for the installation of the Huntington Mammoth exhibit in our Archaeology Hall!🦣🦴 #throwbackthursday #huntingtonmammoth #archaeology #megafauna #paleontology

This Fossil Friday we are showcasing this beautiful conifer from the Neslen Formation (~75 million years old). Conifers dominated forests for over 200 million years! Conifers can be identified by their needle-like foliage, which are in your backyard! #fossilfriday #conifer #paleobotany #wesleyan

It’s Throwback Thursday! Today we are highlighting our Huntington Mammoth as we come up to the 38th anniversary of its discovery! 🦣 Here's an old newspaper scan from March 24, 1992, and some fun photos from the excavation! #tbt #throwbackthursday #huntingtonmammoth #archaelogy #paleontology

It's Throwback Thursday! Throwing it back to 1963, Jim Jensen attaches the Allosaurus skull to its body, while Sherill and Don Burge supervise. This skeleton went on display in areas around Price, UT before our museum was even established! #throwbackthursday #allosaurus

It's Toothy Tuesday! 🦷 An Allosaurus fragilis right maxilla is slowly being uncovered. 🦖 The last image is a previously prepared Allosaurus fragilis left maxilla collected from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in the 70s! #clevelandlloyddinosaurquarry #toothytuesday

Happy Fossil Friday! These fossil leaves come from the Neslen Formation and are ~75 million years old! They were deposited in the Cretaceous period and have been SAFE from cyclospora 🦠since then! 😎😉 #paleobotany #fossilleaf #fossilleaves #fossilfriday #prehistoricmuseum

Hi everyone, I’m Brooke! I’m a fossil preparator working on fossils from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry. I found an Allosaurus right maxilla hiding in my first jacket! Very cool to be the first to lay eyes on this beauty 🤩 #Fossilfriday #deathelevated

New science on the Huntington Mammoth for #FossilFriday! Yesterday, Dr. Christina Ryder visited our museum to sample fossils for carbon dating. Dr. Ryder and her collaborators are interested in the extinction of Ice Age megafauna in North America, including critters like mammoths & mastodons. (1/4)

The science behind Walking With Dinosaurs! Curator on our excavations at the largest ankylosaur bonebed this week at Science Thursday. You’ll learn about discoveries that weren’t featured in last year’s BBC/PBS documentary including some that are rewriting the books on armored dinosaur biology!

The Prehistoric Museum would like to invite you to submit work to the 2025 Castle Country Community Art Show, in our Special Exhibits Gallery, Nov 14, 2025 - March 15, 2026. We will be accepting your work November 6-9, 2025, during regular museum hours.

A Gastonia-themed Fossil Fest comes to the Prehistoric Museum November 15! FREE admission all day (9 am - 7 pm) Museum collections tours (10 am & 1 pm) Activities/crafts for all ages (11 am - 2 pm) Up-close looks at the stars of Walking With Dinosaurs: Gastonia and Utahraptor (11 am - 2 pm)

Join us on Nov 11 at 7:30 PM for a FREE screening of Walking with Dinosaurs at the King Koal Theatre in Price, UT! Follow the Prehistoric Museum & our excavation of Gastonia & raptor fossils. Hang out afterwards for a Q&A w/ our curator, Dr. Joshua Lively, and see fossils excavated during filming.

We are excited to partner with the Price City Youth Council as part of the 3rd Annual Main Street Mash! There will be fun activities across downtown Price, including free admission to the Museum. #Prehistoric #Utah

Great article about former museum preparator Carrie Herbel on her work at the University of Nebraska. If you enjoyed our temporary exhibit, Dippy: The Worlds Oldest Celebrity, you can thank her for her hard work she put in restoring the casts. news.unl.edu/article/herb...

Herbel helps preserve Nebraska’s legacy, one bone at a time | Nebraska Today

A full-circle moment brought Carrie Herbel back to Nebraska to take a position once held by a mentor. The chief preparator at the University of Nebraska State Museum is being honored today for 10…

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Check out this nice article from the current issue of Utah State Magazine! utahstatemagazine.usu.edu/culture/bone...

Bones, Tools, and Treasures Tell Utah’s Ancient Story - Utah State Magazine

By Timothy R. Olsen ’09, ’18 M.B.A. The project had bogged down, quite literally, as a patch of thick muck […]

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Don't miss this great event happening on campus next week! Larry Martin has done a great job growing the Castle Valley Orchestra from students and community members. Come join them and the Concert and Chamber Choirs for a night of movie soundtrack favorites and more! #USUEastern

MORE CRETACEOUS FIELDWORK! I'm back out in the Cedar Mountain Formation with @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social, digging up dozens of ankylosaurs and streaming each day at 1pm Pacific Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing to see what we're finding and ask some questions!

Check out this cool event happening outside the museum tomorrow evening! We will also be offering free admission to the museum during the event.

A story of vandalism with a happy ending for #FossilFriday A couple of years ago, a sandstone boulder preserving dinosaur tracks in Price Canyon was graffitied. This boulder had fallen out of a nearby cliff and was placed at a popular pullout in the canyon by Utah DOT prior to the vandalism.

Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!

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If you missed us on @pbs.org, you can stream the Band of Brothers episode of #WalkingWithDinosaurs online! #WWD2025 #FossilFriday www.pbs.org/video/band-o...

If you missed us on @pbs.org, you can stream the Band of Brothers episode of #WalkingWithDinosaurs online! #WWD2025 #FossilFriday www.pbs.org/video/band-o...

Walking with Dinosaurs | Band of Brothers | Episode 3

Follow a gang of armored dinosaurs battle to reach adulthood, pursued by ferocious raptors

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We’re less than 24 hours away from the premiere of our episode of #WalkingWithDinosaurs! Our excavations of Gastonia and Utahraptor will air Tuesday night at 7 pm on PBS Utah. Check your local listings for show times on your PBS station. #WWD25

Premiering Sunday, June 8 on BBC One and Tuesday, June 17 on PBS: Utah State University Eastern's Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social is featured in the "Walking with Dinosaurs" series. Tune in to learn more about Gastonia and Utahraptor, & hear from Prehistoric Museum paleontologists!

Join us this coming weekend for this great event! Learn more about the role of the Buffalo Soldiers here in Utah! Registration is required. Register at the link below. tinyurl.com/bshtregistra...

For International #DinosaurDay, here is a large ornithopod track we collected during filming of Walking With Dinosaurs! Though we can’t tell the species of dinosaur that made a given footprint, we know it was an ornithopod because of its three rounded toes. #WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025 1/2

Worth a repost for #DinosaurDay!

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Our #dinosaurs and our #paleontologists from the Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern will take center stage for episode 3 of Walking With Dinosaurs, premiering on PBS June 16-18. Check us out on the international stage and see the real thing in Price, #Utah!

We are excited to partner with the State Historic Preservation Office, Sema Hadithi, and Price City to kick off the Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail. Register at the link below. tinyurl.com/bshtregistra...

Our #dinosaurs and our #paleontologists from the Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern will take center stage for episode 3 of Walking With Dinosaurs, premiering on PBS June 16-18. Check us out on the international stage and see the real thing in Price, #Utah!