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Utah's official museum of natural history. We illuminate the natural world and the place of humans within it. 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT
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    Jul 19, 2018
    Scientific illustration of Akainacephalus johnsoni by Andrey Atuchin @AndreyAtuchin
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    Jul 19, 2018
    .@NHMU's very own Randy Johnson standing next to the new species of ankylosaurid #dinosaur, Akainacephalus johnsoni, after it was unveiled at the museum this morning.
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    Mar 5, 2019
    A special guest stopped by @NHMU on Monday. 😮 The foothills above @UUtah are full of wildlife and on rare occasion we are visited by some of the more elusive animals, like this #bobcat.
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    May 8, 2020
    Purple #amethyst crystals adorn the interior of this Allosaurus leg bone from #Utah's Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The crystals grow inside hollow bone shafts filled with water rich in dissolved minerals. Some #geodes form in a similar way. #FossilFriday @BLMUtah
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    Jan 4, 2024
    Replying to @NHMU
    We have taken all of this to heart and will be returning to the drawing board for the branding of this event. Thank you for the robust discussion and feedback, and stay tuned for more details on DinoFest 2024. (2/2)
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    Jul 20, 2018
    A time lapse of the installation of the new Akainacephalus johnsoni mount in the Past Worlds exhibit at @NHMU. This armored #dinosaur was discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 2008 and was just unveiled at the museum yesterday! #FossilFriday
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    Jan 13, 2017
    A Ceratosaurus nasicornis gets a delicate dusting as we prepare for #nhmuDinoFest on Jan 28 & 29. #FossilFriday #SLC bit.ly/2j01b17
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    Jul 19, 2018
    At 76 million years old, Akainacephalus is one of the oldest ankylosaurids discovered in western North America. #BLMutah #BLMpaleo
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    Jul 19, 2018
    A full side view (pardon the mount in the foreground) of Akainacephalus johnsoni after it was unveiled at @NHMU this morning. Guests now can see this incredible armored #dinosaur for themselves in the museum's Past Worlds exhibit.
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    Jan 24, 2020
    More photos from the unveiling of a new #dinosaur species, Allosaurus jimmadseni, at @NHMU this morning with the help of @UUtah's Mark Loewen and @DinosaurNPS's Dan Chure, who co-authored the study. Learn more about the discovery and see it in person at DinoFest this weekend!
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    Jan 13, 2023
    Happy #FossilFriday! Our newest blog post on #Paleoart feat. @BrianEngh_Art is up now. Learn how paleoartists draw insights and inspiration from skin impressions and fossilized feathers, and hear Brian speak at DinoFest 2023! bit.ly/3Wc02Fd #Paleontology #Dinosaur
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    Dec 8, 2017
    #FossilFriday update on the #tyrannosaur extracted from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in October. Orbital cavity is top right and look at all those teeth in the lower jaw! Large bone (top left) is a femur and there are tail vertebrae beneath the skull. @KSLcom
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    Mar 19, 2020
    Worried about our how our collections faired during the earthquake? Don't worry! All collections objects appear to be unharmed, though we are continuing inspection. Here is a photo of the skull of the dinosaur Diabloceratops eatoni resting in collections. @UUtah @KSLcom @sltrib
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    Apr 8, 2022
    Horned dinosaur tracks are rare, but we've got them in Utah! Ceratopsid tracks have been found in the Blackhawk Formation in layers about 84 million years old. You can check them out at @PrehistoricMus in Price! #FossilFriday