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Baby Dinosaur Airlifted from Utah | Salt Lake City News
Scientists in southern Utah pulled off an epic fossil rescue: a nearly complete, tiny baby duck-billed dinosaur—just two to three feet long, 70 million years old—was airlifted by the Utah National Guard using Black Hawks, Lakotas, and even a Chinook from Nevada. Weighing over 1,100 pounds, the fossil’s bones were still in their original life position, offering rare insight into how these creatures moved. Alongside it, a four-thousand-pound ornithomimid dinosaur was also rescued. The mission doubled as a National Guard training exercise in rugged terrain. Now, both fossils are headed to…
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