• Dinosaur Dreaming - MONASH UNIVERSITY Dinosaur/VP PALEO SITE. The Monash University has a on-line paleo site where you can learn about its 'Dinosaur Dreaming' expeditions. Dinosaur Dreaming is part of a successful project between Museum Victoria and Monash University, the Dinosaur Dreaming fossil excavations at Inverloch over the last 12 years have yielded not only fascinating insights to the life and times of Australia’s Dinosaurs, but also highly significant and intriguing fossil mammals. Inverloch: Home of Dinosaur Dreaming is the Victorian coastal town near which the Dinosaur Dreaming site is located. About 145 kilometres (ninety minutes drive) from Melbourne, Inverloch is a very civilized place from which to do field research.The site is a rocky shore platform called Flat Rocks, about five minutes' drive from the township on a stretch of coast favored by surfers and fishing enthusiasts. This is where the Cretaceous mammal, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found in March 1997.
• Dig It ! The world renowned Jurassic Morrison Formation covers more than 350 square miles from Canada to New Mexico and contains every conceivable environment from dry deserts to swamps. Join Paleontologist and Education Specialist Peter Laraba on this two-day e-field trip as he takes an expedition to Colorado and Utah to explore the Morrison Formation by sampling two of its many environments. On September 28th, they explored a working dinosaur quarry in Grand Junction, Colorado, joining scientists and volunteers in the discovery and excavation process. We got into the "trenches", working with Utah State paleontologist Dr. James Kirkland, the discoverer of the first Utahraptor skeleton, to uncover the secrets of a Jurassic watering hole. On September 29th, they went to the world famous Dinosaur National Monument. Although still in the Morrison Formation, the environment of deposition along the banks of a large river system is very different from the watering hole of the previous day. National Park paleontologist Dan Chute will be your guide through the rich history of the area and reveal some of the treasures yet to be discovered in this unique park. NOTE: The Technology Required - QuickTime 4.0. An internet browser, version 4.0 or higher. Recommend a 56K Internet connection or greater. Originally webcast September 28 & 29, 1999 live on ALI QuickTime TV. Watch this archived version any time! Intended for grades K - 9.
• Dinosaurs and other vertebrates-Hell Creek Formation-South Dakota. Information on an former program that I and Dr. Steve Sroka of the Utah Field House of Natural History undertook to study and collect hadrosaurs, other dinosaurs, and vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek of NW South Dakota. Information and results on 1995, 1996,1997, and 1998 seasons, crew lists, and a photo tour of 1996, 97 and 98 season.
• Dinosaurs in the Morrison Formation - Results and information from a Two-week dig program (1993 to 95) in Wyoming to excavate Jurassic Dinosaurs Part a past cooperative work on the SDSMT Jurassic Dinosaurs and Mammals near Sundance Field Paleontology Program. If you are interested in learning something about a dig in the famous Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation then check out this information. Included are photos from the dig that readers may find informative.
• Judith River Dinosaur Institute. Check out the digs and work of Nate Murphy and his crew in Montana. Nate is a good friend of mine and I have been supporting his programs (so far remotely) for a long time. This is a great place to consider joining a dig if you are so inclined and I highly recommend that you consider joining his digs. But also check out the tons of material online about the work of Nate and his staff and learn how digs are conducted. Some very significant specimens have been found by Nate and his crews! Dino Russ 3-2-04
• Utah Digs. Here are current digs I am now working in Utah with Steve Sroka (director of the Utah Field House of Natural History, Dinosaur National Monument and Bureau of Land Management. Specifically you can see a photo tour of the work with BLM in the Morrison Formation at this time.

• Are you interested in participating in a real dinosaur dig?
• Do you want to learn more about the discovery of new specimens?
• Do you want to share in the thrill of discovery of fossil treasures?
• Are you interested in the techniques employed by vertebrate paleontologists to remove dinosaurs and other vertebrate fossils from the field?
• Do you like outdoor work?
• Do you like strenuous conditions as well as painstaking and tedious work?
• If you do then here is your chance to participate in a real dinosaur dig. Click here or on above title to see more information!!!!. At this page you will find information how you can join our dig which is currently ecxcavating a stegosaur bone bed with 4 or more individuals represented so far! This is a unique one of a kind opportunity that no other dig experience can offer you. Stegosaurs are very rare, usually found as only one single individual (6-7 known in total, plus a few isolated parts here and there, we have 4 remains alone at our site, so far). Bone beds of just stegosaur material are also unknown as far as we can tell sot this is a real major find you could help work on. (Dino Russ 8-8-08)
• PLEASE NOTE: At this time I have stopped advertising any digs but those I help lead. I am now fully retired and I run this website on my own dime with no help of any kind in funding this site. At this time with the economy and such we need to be able to recoop costs not only from these web pages but for keeping the work of the Judith River Dinosaur Institute going strong. Thus rather than provide competition for our own digs I thought it best to cut back links promoting other digs that directly compete with our own. I have offered this service now for nearly 20 years, and now need to make sure we are able to fill our own crews for our major stegosaur site north of Billings, Montana and other field programs that we are soon to offer. When I started such a service there was not that much going on, now there are many digs that directly compete and we now need to make sure that we are reaching the maximum potential recruitment audience without loosing clients to other digs. We are actually hoping to offer another week of digs if demand is there, which will help JRDI financially to develop our new facilities in Billings, Mt. I will continue to offer links to web sites that provide educational dinosaur info (even if they do have digs on these sites) but no direct links to the dig information or promotions for such. Dino Russ 8-9-08

Last Updated:8/07/08 RJJ