The Mission Jurassic dinosaur dig
In summer 2019, Museum palaeontologists joined an international team to dig for dinosaurs that lived around 150 million years ago.
Digging in the Jurassic Mile in northern Wyoming, USA, has already revealed a Brachiosaurus plus the bones of what could be a 30-metre-long Diplodocus.
Experts from the Museum spent a month on the site, sharing their expertise to help the team find not only dinosaurs but also prehistoric plants, fish and invertebrates.
Digging for dinosaurs
Find out about the excavations and follow the team's adventures.
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DinosaursHow to find dinosaur fossils
Discover how palaeontologists find and dig up prehistoric reptiles.
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DinosaursMission Jurassic dino dig quiz
Have a go at our quiz about Museum palaeontologists' recent adventures on the Mission Jurassic dig.
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DinosaursMeet the Museum's dinosaur hunters
Get to know the Museum scientists working on the latest dinosaur discoveries.
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Science newsMuseum palaeontologists to join new Jurassic dino dig in Wyoming
The team will help uncover dinosaur fossils and footprints in Wyoming.
25 March 2019
Test your knowledge
Find out how well you'd get along on a dino dig to search for famous Jurassic dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus.
Dr Susie Maidment, a dinosaur researcher at the Museum, tells us more about the expedition and what the palaeontologists hoped to find:
Explore the Jurassic
The team were searching for dinosaurs, plants and other animals that lived around 150 million years ago. Discover more about life in the Jurassic Period.
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DinosaursThe Jurassic Period: How did dinosaurs go from basal to bulky?
By the end of the Jurassic Period, dinosaurs ruled our planet. But how they became such a diverse group remains a mystery.
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DinosaursBritain's biggest Jurassic dinosaurs
What were the largest dinosaurs in Britain 200-145 million years ago? And why were they so big?
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NewsFearsome Jurassic crocodile named after Motörhead's Lemmy
Scientists have named a fearsome prehistoric crocodile after Motörhead frontman Lemmy.
8 August 2017 -
OceansLife in the Jurassic ocean
What was the ocean like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?
Discover dinosaurs
Find out more about the giant reptiles that roamed the planet until 66 million years ago - how they looked, lived and behaved.