Dino Lab

From Excavation to Auction: Meet "Apex" the Stegosaurus | Sotheby's On 17 July, as part of the annual Geek Week, Sotheby’s New York is thrilled to present “Apex,” the first instance of an auction house working to bring a dino...

We are happy to announce the launch of the new Judith River Dinosaur Institute website! A celebration of 30 years of great discoveries and people. It took over a year of development and refinement by ourselves and the crack team at Rebel River Marketing. Please check it out and let us know what you think, and be sure to share with your friends and family.

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Judith River Dinosaur Institute | Ultimate Dinosaur Dig Experience For 30+ years the Judith River Dinosaur Institute has brought together earth science pros and amateurs with a fascination for dinosaurs.

Our 2022 Fossil Preparation Classes are going on until April 1. I'm also working on a rare beauty! This is a caudal vertebrae from a Spinosaurus from Morocco. This is a first for me to be able to study and prepare material from this strange dinosaur. Look how long the neural spine is on this beast and its a short one too, from the back of the sail over the tail. We're also preparing a cast of the skull of an adult Spinosaurus four feet long. Cool stuff going on here at the Dino Lab.