The Wyoming Dinosaur Center & Dig Sites

The Wyoming Dinosaur Center & Dig Sites

Located in Thermopolis, Wyoming, about 145 miles south of the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center & Dig Sites is home to nearly 20,000 fossils found in the area, plus thousands of other displays of specimens from across the U.S. and around the world.  About 165 million years ago, a shallow body of water called the Sundance Sea covered the region. Over time, what’s now called the Morrison Formation trapped thousands…