Gobi or Bust!

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Norm MacLeod

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All;
         I invite you to join me next August 17 - Sept. 2, 1997 to follow in
the footsteps of Roy Chapman Andrews on a dinosaur expedition into Mongolia's
Gobi Desert. We will be working in the Gobi at the invitation of the
Mongolian Academy of Sciences in Ulaanbaatar, where all the fossils we
collect will be deposited.

         Last year we excavated the first hadrosaurs ever found in the
flaming cliffs area (juveniles), Oviraptor eggs, a new varanid lizard,
ankylosaurs, a Veloceraptor, a new mammal, and more Protoceratops skulls and
skeletons than you could count. Thirty eight plaster jackets in
eight days. We will will be excavating in the area of Bayan Zag,
otherwise known as the Flaming Cliffs, and at Tugrigiin Shiree, the site
where the famous fighting dinosaurs was found, both in the Campanian
Djadokhta Formation.

         We will be spending time at the beginning and end of
the trip at Mongollian Museum of Natural History, where we
will be able to see the exhibits and back room collections. Dr. Reiken
Barsbold will also show us his most recent treasures. Additionally we
will be visiting the Hustain Nuruu National Reserve to see Przewalski's
Horse and will explore Yol Valley National Park to observe lammergeiers,
Altai snowcocks, ibex, yaks, and Argali mountain sheep. We will be
staying in hotels, traditional gers, and tents, with all supplies
provided.  These are the only trips into the Gobi that bring shower
facilities. The trip is being organized for Dinamation by Nomadic
Expeditions at 1 (800) 998-6634.

         The price for the entire expedition is $5850.00 based on double
occupancy and includes round-trip airfare from Los Angeles to Mongolia
and all expences once there. For a brochure with detailed information on
this exciting opportunity call 1 (800) 344-3466.

         This is surely going to our most productive expedition ever and
I'm looking forward to you joining me in Mongolia.

 Jim Kirkland. Ph. D
 Senior Paleontologist
 Dinamation Int'l Society
 550 Jurassic Court
 Fruita, Colorado 81521

 1 (800) 344-3466




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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Micropalaeontological Research
N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk (E-mail)

Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

Office Phone: 0171-938-9006
Dept. FAX: 0171-938-9277
E-mail: N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
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