Trip #2 to the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.

This greets you as you walk in:

Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, Tyrannosaurus rex, Edmontosaurus annectens, Struthiomimus altus.



Tyrannosaurus rex, Deinocheirus manus (?), Mammuthus sp., Diatryma...also H. sapiens. He's just some guy, you know?

Mainly some dromaeosaurs, dinosaur eggs and another one of those pesky Homo sapiens...

Velociraptor mongoliensis, "Ingenia" yanshini. V. mongoliensis is from the Djadotchta Formation, Mongolia.




Deinosuchus, Sarcosuchus, Crocodilus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus....and there's that H. sapiens again, damn it!

Of course, I couldn't escape the footprints. There were a few nice Cretaceous footprint specimens there. I also got to meet Mr. Peter Larson, the BHIGR's president (and incidentally the guy who did time for the whole Sue controversy). Very nice guy, offered to give me the grand tour backstage one of these weekdays, gave me his card...I wouldn't have met him if Barb hadn't grabbed one of the employees, apparently they were filming a documentary of some kind behind closed doors. Super cool day.

And then, later on, I went to the 20th annual Black Hills Powwow (He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate), which was also a lot of fun and interesting to see.