Shindig speaker lineup

Healthy, nearby residents are invited to bring their children to the museum's lawn on Saturday for 8th Annual Dino Shindig activities. The activities, including dino mini-golf, T. rex corn hole, Hungry Hungry Mosasaurs and more will take place from 9 a.m. until noon.

Talks and presentations will mostly be taking place virtually this year in light of the pandemic, and will be shown at the St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church as well as the museum. Crowd size will be limited to 50 people. Following virtual presentations, three live talks will take place. A brief overview of each follows.

Carter County Museum Director Sabre Moore will start Saturday's talks with "Small But Mighty, Museum Innovation in 2020," at 9 a.m.

John Scannella, "Long Live The Last Of The Horned Dinosaurs," is scheduled from 9:25 to 9:45 a.m.

Mark Goodwin will speak about how to look inside a dinosaur skull from 9:50 until 10:10 a.m.

"Hidden in Plain Sight: The Uncommon Fossils Of The Carnegie Quarry," a talk by Rebecca Hunt-Foster, is scheduled for 10:15 to 10:35 a.m.

Bobby Boessenecker's presentation, "The End Of The Giant Sharks: What Happened To Carcharocles Megalodon," will begin at 10:40 a.m.

"Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Life History Of The Killer King Revealed" by Thomas Carr will run from 11:05 until 11:25 a.m.

Tyler Lyson's "Rise Of The Mammals" is the last talk scheduled before a break over the lunch hour.

From 1 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. three more talks will take place virtually. These talks include "A Tale Of Two Theropods: The Ecology Of Big Al And Jane Contrasted" from Thomas Holtz, "Art In The Service Of Science" from Danielle Dufault and "End Of An Ice Age - Perspectives From Paradise" from Eric Scott.

At the end of the virtual lectures, three in-person talks will be given. The first, "What Plagued The Terrible Lizards," will be given by Montana paleontologist Cary Woodruff. Jenn Hall will then give a talk entitled "Marketing Mesozoic Montana" and CCM adjunct curator Nathan Carroll will wrap up the day with "Coprolite Dissection: A Journey" from 3:30 to 4:55 p.m.

On Sunday, a history of the bow and arrow will take place at Medicine Rocks State Park from noon until 1 p.m.