“Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek”

On Sunday, January 19, at 2:00pm, join us as Brian Buckmeier and Darren Maurer discuss their “Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek” museum exhibit that will be at the Sioux City Museum from Feb. 1 to July 31. Admission is free; reception to follow.

The pair have been hunting and digging fossilized dinosaur bones from the Hell Creek formation for almost 30 years. The pair have found fossils from T-Rex, triceratops, edmontosaurus, and several other species of late Cretaceous dinosaurs. Brian discovered a new species of dinosaur, named Dracorex, in 2003. He found the complete upper skull of the dinosaur which was something that was completely new in the paleontology world. Join us to hear about some of the fossils and an idea what will be contained in the exhibit.

Darren Maurer is a nationally known artist/illustrator and adventure seeker. Maurer gained wide recognition for his work with Ducks Unlimited, where he won a record six times and was Iowa Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year six times. He lives in Sioux City with his wife, ShLoe, and has two daughters.

Brian Buckmeier has been a private practice attorney for 37 years and a part-time magistrate judge for the past six years. Buckmeier hunts for fossils in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana primarily and has provided many finds of Hell Creek dinosaurs with his most significant find being a new species of dinosaur he found in 2003. He lives in Sioux City with his wife, Frances, and has two sons.