Paleontology Opportunities


Paleontology is the study of extinct plants and animals including dinosaurs, saber-tooth cats and trilobites.

Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University offers a paleontology field program with one- and two-week courses for adults at the famous Egg Mountain site.  http://www.montana.edu/wwwmor/.

The Tate Museum at Casper College operates class and field sessions in paleontology. The class session deals with paleontological preparation. All ages welcome.  http://www.caspercollege.edu/community/campus/tate/activites/fieldwork/index.html.

Dig dinosaurs in Wyoming at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. Daily digs from April 15 to October 31.  http://wyodino.org.

The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota has fieldwork opportunities. Children ages 7-13 can participate in simulated "sandbox" excavation.  http://www.mammothsite.com/.