The Paleo-Incident Project

In 2006, a team of private fossil collectors from N.E. Montana happened upon one of the greatest discoveries in paleontology history, named the "Paleo-Incident Project"(PIP). This website will follow the project from start to finish. The project is estimated to take between 2-3 years. The PIP has several goals. The main goal is to prepare the original fossils and create molds from those fossils to record all of the scientific information. A second goal is to involve dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages to participate in the project. Through online interactive media, the PIP will call on everyone to be involved. There will be web-cam's to follow the project and chat rooms to talk with the fossil preparators and with the discovery team. The PIP is just starting! Keep checking back as this site and the project grows.

The Discovery Team & Story

Excavation

Preparation

Science

Replicas & Gift Items

The Discovery... Discovery Date: June 8th 2006 Discovery Team: Clayton Phipps Mark Eatman Chad O'Conner Story Coming Soon! The discovery of a lifetime, perhaps even of the century. The team of collectors (pictured to the right) discovered this extremely rare fossil site in 2006. Both Mark and Clayton have hunted for fossil for many years in Montana. This group mpt only discovered the fossils, but organized and completed the entire excavation in two months. This is an accomplishment that very few professional teams have every done. This exciting project is being carried out by people who love working with fossils and sharing the experience with other people. This project is focused on sharing the experience with both scientists and with the general public, something very rarely done.

	The first image shows what the discovery team saw first at the site. Clayton's hat is in the picture under the right femur head. The second image outline the different fossils in the image. You can click on the images for a larger view. Images by: C. Phipps 2006
	This set of images shows the same area as the images above, only from a different angle. You can see the tendons running over the sacral processes. It may not look like much, but when you are in the field and see something like this, it is very exciting! Images by: C. Phipps 2006
	This set of images gets closer to the sacral area. You can really see the tendons in this image. Images by: C. Phipps 2006

CK-Preparations will be directing the preparation of the PIP project. Visit them online at www.ckpreparations.com. If you have any questions for them, you can email them at morrow@ckpreparations.com