Museum of the Rockies
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MOR delights visitors with changing, regional & natural history exhibits, planetarium shows, educational programs, lectures, benefit events, & museum store.
Bozeman, MT
Joined May 2017
Happy #FossilFriday! These are the jaws of SUE (#FMNHPR2081), one of the largest and most complete specimens of #Trex ever found! Meet this iconic #dinosaur and explore its ecosystem in ‘SUE: The T. rex Experience’ at #MOR February 8 – September 7, 2025.
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Happy #FossilFriday! #Pachycephalosaurs are sometimes referred to as the “dome-headed” #dinosaurs. This thick dome belongs to a large pachycephalosaur (#MOR11776) that was discovered in the #Cretaceous #HellCreekFormation of #MakoshikaStatePark @MontanaFWP
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Happy #FossilFriday! The first known bones of #Maiasaura peeblesorum, state fossil of #Montana, were found in outcrops of the #WillowCreekAnticline. Recognized as an International Geoheritage Site, this area revealed the first #dinosaur eggs & babies in the western hemisphere.
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Happy #FossilFriday! #Montanoceratops (#MOR542) is just one of many #ceratopsians (“horned dinosaurs”) discovered in the #Cretaceous outcrops of #Montana. This small plant-eating #dinosaur was a distant relative of much larger ceratopsians like #Achelousaurus and #Triceratops.
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🦖 Virtual Fossil Friday is tomorrow! 🦖 Join us as Scott Williams, Director of Exhibitions & Taylor Planetarium, shares insights on our Cretaceous Crossroads Exhibit. 📅 Fridays, 9–9:30 a.m. MST 💻 Zoom (free, link in bio!) 🌍 Don’t miss it! #FossilFriday #Paleontology
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Happy #FossilFriday! Every day, the #fossils of #dinosaurs & other creatures undergo #preparation for research & display in the #MOR lab. Here MOR Fossil Preparator Cassi Knight conserves the hip bones of a #Triceratops (#MOR799) from the #HellCreekFormation of #Montana.
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Happy #FossilFriday! The #dinosaurs at #MOR are preparing for the upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Here, the lower jaw of #Daspletosaurus horneri (#MOR590), a #tyrannosaur from the Two Medicine Formation in #Montana, undergoes conservation in the #fossil prep lab.
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Happy #FossilFriday! Which came first: the #chicken or the #egg? The fossil record of amniote eggs extends back 190 million years. These large #fossil eggs (#MOR770) were laid by a #duckbilled #dinosaur ~76mya in what is now #Montana. That’s long before the first chicken clucked!
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Happy #FossilFriday! This is the skull of a Columbian #Mammoth (#MOR604) that was discovered in #Montana. As recently as ~ 11,000 years ago, these relatives of modern #elephants roamed North America. Encounter this mammoth & more #fossil #mammals in the Cenozoic Corridor @ #MOR.
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Happy #FossilFriday! MOR Exhibit Specialist, Brian Helms, is surface scanning a duck-billed #dinosaur (#MOR2844) humerus from the #Cretaceous Judith River Formation (~77 mya). This #fossil will join many others in MOR’s upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads Exhibit opening Summer 2025!
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Happy Thursday! 🎉 Tomorrow marks our final #VirtualFossilFriday of 2024! 🦖✨ Join Outreach Program Manager Ashley Hall for a special Paleo Q&A session. Have a fossil-tastic question? Drop it below or bring it with you! The fun kicks off at 9 a.m. MST! #FossilFriday
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Happy #FossilFriday! Dinosaur skulls changed a lot as they grew from babies to adults. Here is a juvenile (#MOR548) and adult (#MOR549) #Hypacrosaurus stebingeri. Adults have a large crest on their head that may have been used for visual displays & vocalizations.
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Make a wish this #FossilFriday! In fact, make two! This is the #furcula (‘wishbone’) of the #Tyrannosaurus ‘B-Rex’ (#MOR1125) being held next to that of Montana’s T. rex (#MOR980) at #MOR! While we may think of the wishbone as a bird feature, it evolved first in their ancestors.
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Happy #FossilFriday! This week @Jordan_Mallon visited #MOR from the @MuseumofNature to study the horned dinosaur #Triceratops. Here Mallon is with #MOR1604, a Triceratops discovered in the #Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation near Baker, #Montana.
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☕ Help MOR name its new café! Opening in the Bair Lobby by Memorial Day 2025, the café will feature espresso, specialty drinks, snacks & more. 🏆 Win: 12-month MOR membership + $100 café gift card ⏰ Form goes live TONIGHT at midnight! 📋 Details:
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Happy #FossilFriday! This is the skull of #Nakonanectes (#MOR3072), a #plesiosaur that swam through the Western Interior Seaway that covered much of North America in the Late #Cretaceous. This animal's #jaws are filled with needle-like #teeth that helped it snare prey!
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Happy almost Friday, fossil fanatics! 🦖 Virtual Fossil Friday is back! Ever wondered what dinosaurs taste like? Join Outreach Manager Ashley Hall for our Thanksgiving Theropod Appreciation episode at 9 a.m. MST, Nov. 15 on Zoom! Click here for Zoom link:
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Happy #FossilFriday! MOR/MSU recently returned from the annual meeting of @SVP_vertpaleo in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Over a dozen students/staff presented their work on #dinosaurs, #crocodiles, #turtles, #fossilpreparation, #collectionsmanagement, #education, #outreach and more!
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Happy #FossilFriday! Edgarosaurus (MOR 751) is a short-necked plesiosaur discovered in the Cretaceous Thermopolis Shale near Edgar, Montana. This marine carnivore used its long snout to capture fish and other soft-bodied prey.
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🦖 Join us on Nov 7 for Ice Dinosaurs with Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller, exploring Arctic fossil discoveries and dinosaur physiology, reproduction, & more! � 🗓️ 5:30–7 p.m. | Hager Auditorium 🎟️ Free & open to the public #MORPresentingPrehistory #IceDinosaurs
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