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Dinosaur Donationa at Montana State University at Bozeman, MT.

About 20 years ago, my wife and I were in my former boss's office discussing a number of things. While there, my wife noticed that he had an actual dinosaur in his display cabinet. When she asked him about it, he asked if she liked it, and when she said yes, he said “then it is yours!”. She tried to not actually take it, saying that she was just surprised and interested in it, but he insisted. So, we have had a real dinosaur for about 20 years. It is a “Kueichousaurus Hui (also spelled Keichousaurus), from the early Triassic Period and is about 250 million years old. We have had it in a display case in our home, but decided that it would make more sense for a museum or school to have it. We made some inquiries and found that the Paleontology Department a Montana State University would like to use it in their teaching program. So, we made arrangements to donate it there.
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