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<h4> Bismarck Cretaceous Dig Site, July 2023</h4>
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<p class="main2">Volunteers dug farther in to existing ground areas, and found new fossil fragments-</p>
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<p class="main2">Loose fragments could be bagged; larger groups were plastered and "jacketed" before they were extracted and taken back to the Lab.</p>
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<p class="main2">Back at the Museum, don't miss the "Dino Mummy" fossilized skin in the Dakota exhibit!</p>
<img src="images/2023_9161mummy.jpeg" width="960" height="720" border="0" alt="Dino Mummy exhibit"><br>
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<p class="main2">And the <I>Xiphactinus</I> skeleton, from the time North Dakota was under the Western Interior Seaway.</p>
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