BYU Museum of Paleontology

BYU Museum of Paleontology The BYU Museum of Paleontology was built in 1976 to prepare, display, and house dinosaur fossils. Jensen and his crews.

The BYU Museum of Paleontology was built in 1976 to prepare, display, and house the rock and dinosaur fossils collected by Dr. James A. Over decades of field work, Dr. Jensen and crews gathered fossils from locations in Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. For years, the vast collections of the unprepared field jackets were stored under the BYU football stadium. Now, with the new 5,000 square-foo

t addition, and years of laboratory preparation, nearly all of the fossils are kept at the museum in the collections room. As part of the BYU educational system, the Museum of Paleontology provides labs and hands-on learning to university students. The museum is also a popular attraction for school groups throughout Utah. Each month school groups visit the museum to take tours and learn more about ancient plants and dinosaurs.

05/15/2026

What is your favorite sauropod? 🦕 Comment below!

05/08/2026

Did you get it the first try? Comment below! 👀🦕

05/01/2026

Have you ever seen an herbivore like THAT? Comment what fossil you’d like to see next! 🏛️🦖

04/10/2026

It happens to the best of us…🦖⁉️
Come visit our museum of paleontology from 9-5 Monday through Friday!

Something “Alarming” has arrived at the BYU Museum of Paleontology!!! Tarbosaurus bataar known as the “alarming lizard” ...
12/07/2024

Something “Alarming” has arrived at the BYU Museum of Paleontology!!! Tarbosaurus bataar known as the “alarming lizard” is now on display in our Upper Cretaceous room. Stop by and see the monster from Mongolia now!🦖

The holotype of Gnathomortis, "jaws of death". This thirty foot mosasaur was an aquatic predator that terrorized the Lat...
10/25/2024

The holotype of Gnathomortis, "jaws of death". This thirty foot mosasaur was an aquatic predator that terrorized the Late Cretaceous seaway that split North America in half. What's your favorite aquatic prehistoric animal?

Happy ! This is Torvosaurus tanneri, an enormous megalosaurid from Late Jurassic North America. It had powerful arms t...
10/18/2024

Happy ! This is Torvosaurus tanneri, an enormous megalosaurid from Late Jurassic North America. It had powerful arms to go with its strong jaws. What's your favorite Jurassic carnivore?

Happy ! This massive skull belongs to Triceratops horridus, one of the largest ceratopsian dinosaurs. What do you thin...
10/04/2024

Happy ! This massive skull belongs to Triceratops horridus, one of the largest ceratopsian dinosaurs. What do you think its horns and frill may have been used for?

Sometimes all you need to put a smile on your face is finding a perfect ankylosaur scute. Happy !
09/21/2024

Sometimes all you need to put a smile on your face is finding a perfect ankylosaur scute. Happy !

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1683 N Canyon Road
Provo, UT
84602

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(801) 422-3680

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