Study and conduct geological and paleontological field research. Students will camp in Greybull, Wyoming and learn how to interact with peers and mentors in a field camp setting. Participants in the dig include students, volunteers from the community, and researchers from University of Lynchburg and Virginia Museum of Natural History. Students will excavate a Jurassic-aged (145 million years ago) sauropod dinosaur from the Two Sisters Quarry near Shell, Wyoming. This course will also include a field trip to Yellowstone National Park to explore the unique ecosystem that is contains, as well as a museum trip to the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. Course: ENVS 387 - Field Paleontology and Geology of Wyoming Faculty Leader: Brooke Haiar Email: haiar@lynchburg.edu Phone Number: 434-544-8415
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