Day+5+-+Paleontology


 * __Dr. Bill Gallagher (Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, STARI Research Fellow)__** presented a morning talk on the CSI of a Dinosaur Dig, detailing how dinosaur bones are excavate in the field. The presentation discussed how data was gathered from a Triceratops quarry, and from the entire stratigraphic section, to make interpretations about:
 * what the prehistoric environment was like
 * how the dinosaur skeleton came to be buried in the condition in which it was found
 * the other animals in its environment
 * how the animal lived- its approximate age, rate of growth, how petrified (or not) the bones are, etc.

Bill then led us on a field trip to a fossil site in Monmouth County where each students fossils, including extinct oysters, squid pens, and shark teeth.