Digging Up Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur

Name: Digging Up Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur
Start: 2025-02-25T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 657 East Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607

Schedule

Tue, 25 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

657 East Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607 | Rochester, NY

Science on the Edge Lecture Series
🦕 Digging Up Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur: Paleontology from the Ground to the Museum ⛏️
In November of 2024, a 75-foot long fossil skeleton of a Diplodocus-like long necked sauropod dinosaur named “Gnatalie” was unveiled to the public at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Dr. Domenic D’Amore had the privilege of digging with the team for over eight years, including helping them excavate this impressive specimen. This presentation will discuss the discovery, excavation, and removal of Gnatalie from the desert of Utah to its eventual display at the museum. Domenic will talk about how basic field paleontology is conducted through his experiences, as well as elaborate upon the natural history of the dinosaurs of Late Jurassic North America 150 million years ago.
🗣️ About your speaker:
Dr. Domenic D’Amore is an Associate Professor of Anatomy at Daemen University in Buffalo NY. His research specialty includes the dental anatomy and feeding behaviors in both living and extinct reptiles. Dr. D’Amore has conducted research on crocodylians, snakes, dinosaurs, and monitor lizards such as the Komodo dragon. He is also interested in reconstructing extinct ecosystems through the study of tooth marks on fossil bones. When not doing science, D’Amore enjoys nature hikes, movies, cooking, drawing, and Brazilian jiu jitsu.