Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Artist Wyatt Andrew's depiction of the environment at Oregon Basin south of Powell 78 million years ago: an estuary ecosystem at a time when the Western Interior Seaway separated North America into two island continents. This site has uncovered fossilized remains of small mammals, softshell turtles, sharks, guitarfish, gar, hadrosaurs, tyrannosaurs and toothed birds (all depicted) and more, all dated to this time period.
The Washakie Museum held a Paleontology Symposium on Saturday, July 6 that hosted presenters from across the country, and one from Belgium.
Each presenter is a respected member of the scientific community, having published work relating to the paleontological phenomena found in the Big Horn Basin.
Many of them have made their entire careers studying the ancient history of the Big Horn Basin, which...
