Distinctly Montana Magazine

5 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 im- mediately north of the museum facility: the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump Site. Open all year 406-265-4000 Located on U.S. Hwy 2 W. of Havre, Holiday Village Mall 8 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 Tyran- nosaurus 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. Free Open daily May - September Seasonal hours October - April 406-526-3493 www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortpeck/museum.html Located 1.5 mi. E. of Fort Peck townsite, Lower Yellowstone Rd. 6 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 horri- dus (three horns), skull casts of Pachycepalosaurus wyo- mingensisi (dome head) and a Nannotyrannys lancesis (tiny Tyrannosaur)—all collected from the nearby Hell Creek Formation. Free Open all year Hours of operation available at www.cartercountymuseum-ekalaka.org 406-775-6886 Located downtown at 306 N. Main 7 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. Open Memorial Day to Labor Day and Winter by appointment Hours of operation available at www.rudyardmuseum.com 406-355-4322 Located off US Hwy 2, 4th Avenue NW. 9 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 Triceratops horridus skull (on display at the park's Visitor Center), fossil remains of Edmontosaurus and Tyran- nosaurus rex and a nearly complete skeleton of the rare Thescelosaur. Open year-round camping sites available Hours of operation available at www.makoshika.org 406-377-6256 Located 1.4 miles S.E. of downtown on Snyder Ave., follow State Park/Dinosaur Track signs 10 GARFIELD COUNTY MUSEUM JORDAN The Garfield County Museum features Cretaceous fossils from the Hell Creek Formation. The first T. rex ever discovered was found near Jordan in 1902! Free attractions include a full T. rex skull, full-size Triceratops replica, and a Pachycephalosaur domed skull. Open June 1 - Labor Day Hours of operation available at www.garfieldcounty.com/ museum.html Local dinosaur digs available at www.paleoworld.org 406-557-2226 Located on US Hwy 200 East BRACHYLOPHOSAURUS 1 MALTA 4 CHINOOK 3 HADROSAURUS 8 FORT PECK ANKYLOSAURUS 10 JORDAN TYRANNOSAURUS REX PACHYCEPHALOSAUR www.distinctlymontana.com 51 6 EKALAKA TRICERATOPS 2 9 GLENDIVE THESCELOSAUR STEGOSAURUS

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