{"id":12213,"date":"2012-03-29T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12213"},"modified":"2013-04-29T19:21:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T03:21:11","slug":"dinosaur-lecture-by-jack-horner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/29\/dinosaur-lecture-by-jack-horner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Lecture By Jack Horner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was fortunate enough to attend an evening lecture and book-signing by world-renowned paleontologist Dr. Jack Horner<\/a> at the San Diego Natural History Museum<\/a> in Balboa Park<\/a>. The event had sold out within a couple of days. The presentation lasted a little over an hour and covered mainly infant and juvenile dinosaurs and the mislabeling of those juveniles as separate species. After the lecture there was a long line for the book signing meet-and-greet. Luckily for me he was signing the same paperback book of which the hardcover version he had already signed for me on his last visit. I waited around to make sure I was last in line so I could speak with him casually and get a photo. As luck would have it, Dr. Michael Hager, the museum’s director and old friend of Horner’s, also came to the table and I was able to congratulate him on his twenty years at the museum.<\/p>\n

This turned out to be a pretty outstanding evening.<\/p>\n

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\"Allosaurus <\/a>
Allosaurus fragilis <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Prehistoric <\/a>
Prehistoric “Wolf Herring” <\/div> <\/div>
\"Prehistoric <\/a>
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Wolf Herring skull <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The Gift Shop <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"T-Rex <\/a>
T-Rex toys <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Paper <\/a>
Paper Titanic model <\/div> <\/div>
\"Theater <\/a>
Theater seating <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dr. <\/a>
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Maiasaurus and babies <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Egg <\/a>
Egg clutch fossils <\/div> <\/div>
\"Embryo <\/a>
Embryo fossils <\/div> <\/div>
\"Nursery <\/a>
Nursery fossils <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Infant <\/a>
Infant skeletons <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tyrannosaurus <\/a>
Tyrannosaurus skulls <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hypacrosaurus <\/a>
Hypacrosaurus skulls <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Triceratops <\/a>
Triceratops skulls <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mislabeled <\/a>
Mislabeled skulls <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Skull differences <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Book signing line <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Book signing <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The good Dr. and me <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Was fortunate enough to attend an evening lecture and book-signing by world-renowned paleontologist Dr. Jack Horner at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park. The event had sold out within a couple of days. The presentation lasted a little over an hour and covered mainly infant and juvenile dinosaurs and the mislabeling of … <\/p>\n

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