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Dinosaur fossils dug up in Utah reveal new species

Utah Geological Survey paleontologists have begun excavating a bonebed north of Arches National Park, where Jim Kirkland is working to name an armored species after retiring Don DeBlieux.

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Photo: Moab, Utah
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number one. Paleontologists in southeastern Utah, near Moab, say they've added up about four different kinds of dinosaur at one site.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUtah State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland said, quote, I think we've added up like four different kinds of dinosaur here right now. Like four.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a scientist rounding a dinosaur.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. Don DeBlieux says everything they find there will be brand new to science.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe found the site while hiking in the desert north of Arches National Park.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe went for a walk in the desert and came back with a bonebed. I come back with a sunburn.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three, and this is the one they hope you miss. Don DeBlieux plans to retire after a twenty-five year partnership.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Utah Geological Survey says the site seems to hold an armored dinosaur that Kirkland is working to name in his honor.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty-five years. Most of us get a card, a sheet cake and a manager who mispronounces our name. Don gets an armored dinosaur.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThink about that.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat cake is gone by Friday, the office will be gone by the next century, and the dinosaur has a hundred and fifty million years on everybody involved.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe best retirement gift in America is older than the pension, and nobody has to chip in for it.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNo Bull with Hank is back same time tomorrow.

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