Montana State University students are identifying, cataloguing and photographing a large collection of dinosaur fossils from the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka.
The Billings Gazette reports the students are also preparing fossils for new exhibits to fill a planned 10,000-square-foot addition.
Museum curator Nathan Carroll says there enough fossils to fill it up already. Plans call for four complete dinosaurs to go on display.
The work is part of a pilot project for a Montana State program called Student Community Outreach Projects.
It's intended to provide students with experience while helping communities with worthwhile projects.
A special event is planned this summer to bring together paleontologists working in the region to share what they have been discovering with local residents and visitors.
MSU students help with museum dinosaur collection
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
POSTED: 4:41 AM Mar 04 2013
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