Distinctly Montana Magazine

w w w . d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 61 CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM EKALAKA Montana's first county museum, its paleontological finds include a mounted skeleton of Anatotitan copei (one of only a few nearly complete skeletons of this species found), as well as a complete skull of Triceratops horridus (three horns), skull casts of Pachycepalosaurus wyomingensisi (dome head) and a Nannotyrannys lancesis (tiny Tyrannosaur)—all collected from the nearby Hell Creek Formation. (406) 775-6886 306 NORTH MAIN STREET • EKALAKA RUDYARD DEPOT MUSEUM RUDYARD The Rudyard area has provided dinosaur specimens for the Museum of the Rockies (MOR) and other premier institutions for years. Now an MOR affiliate, the Depot Museum's signature display is the 'Oldest Sorehead,' a fully articulated Gryposaurus found near here. The facility's lifelike duckbill dinosaur and egg nest display places you right next to these ancient creatures, plus other permanent and changing dinosaur exhibits. (406) 355-4322 25 4TH AVENUE NORTHWEST • RUDYARD H. EARL CLACK MEMORIAL MUSEUM HAVRE The museum's feature displays are 75 million year old dinosaur eggs and embryos found in area exposures of the Judith River Formation. Research suggests these eggs were laid by a Lambeosaur (a "duck bill" dinosaur) along the banks of an ancient river and estuary of the Bearpaw Sea that once covered this area. In addition to the dinosaur eggs and other fossil displays, the museum highlights the story of an archeological treasure immediately north of the museum facility: the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump Site. (406) 265-4000 1753 US-2 NORTHWEST, SPC 1 • HAVRE FORT PECK INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND MUSEUM FORT PECK The Fort Peck Interpretive Center's signature attraction is "Peck's RexTM," one of the most complete T. rex skeletons ever found. The lobby features a life-size replica model of Peck's Rex, and the exhibit hall displays a full-size skeleton cast. A Cretaceous Sea display and several other dinosaur exhibits are also highlighted. (406) 526-3493 LOWER YELLOWSTONE ROAD • FORT PECK GARFIELD COUNTY MUSEUM JORDAN The Garfield County Museum features Cretaceous fossils from the Hell Creek Formation. The first T. rex ever discov- ered was found near Jordan in 1902! Free attractions include a full T. rex skull, full-size Triceratops replica, and a Pachycephalosaur domed skull. (406) 557-2226 952 JORDAN AVENUE • JORDAN MAKOSHIKA STATE PARK GLENDIVE Makoshika (meaning "bad land" in Lakota) is part of the late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation; more than ten different dinosaur species have been discovered in Makoshika. Significant finds include a complete Tricer- atops horridus skull (on display at the park's Visitor Center), fossil remains of Edmon- tosaurus and T. rex and a nearly complete skeleton of the rare Thescelosaur. (406) 377-6256 1301 SNYDER AVENUE • GLENDIVE 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 MALTA CHINOOK FORT PECK JORDAN EKALAKA GLENDIVE 4 9 3 2 6 8 10 HADROSAURUS TYRANNOSAURUS REX ANKYLOSAURUS BRACHYLOPHOSAURUS STEGOSAURUS THESCELOSAUR TRICERATOPS PACHYCEPHALOSAUR

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