FOSSILS FOR FUN.North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). is trying to cash in on its abundance of million-year-old bones and ancient landscapes by promoting participation in dinosaur digs. Last July, the state sponsored its first public fossil digs in Pembina Gorge. The weeklong series of digs attracted 50 participants from eight states and Norway. They each paid $75 a day to uncover fossils deposited in what was once a subtropical sub·trop·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or being the geographic areas adjacent to the Tropics. subtropical Adjective of the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands ocean covering the area between 80 million and 90 million years ago. They found bones from flightless flightless see ratite. diving sea birds, fish, large marine reptiles and possibly part of a large squid. All fossils found on state land become state property and are displayed with the finder's name at the North Dakota Heritage Center The North Dakota Heritage Center, located on the North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck, is the state of North Dakota's official history museum. The museum is operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota and features permanent and temporary exhibits. in Bismarck. |
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