Bob and Kirby

Cleaning for Pictures

Ester

Excavating

Ground Shot of Stego

Ground Shot of Stego 2

Ground Shot of Stego 3

Ground Shot of Stego 4

Group with Stego 3

Kirby Up in the Air

Maya and Stego

Maya and Stego 2

Photo Documentation

Photo Documentation 2

Stting Up the Mapping Grid

Stego Aerial Shot 2

Stego Aerial Shot 5

Stego with Group 4

Stego with Group 5

Bob Simon, discoverer of Sarah the Stegosaurus, and Swiss Paleontologist, Kirby Siber pose with their magnificent specimen.

Before taking photos for documentation, the bones are meticulously cleaned. This process was repeated many times during the excavation.

Ester, one of Kirby’s experienced diggers, is carefully removing some of the matrix or rock to expose more of Sarah’s bones.

The group is excavating around the stegosaurus while photos are being taken to document the excavation process. The shed was brought in from a nearby site and used for equipment and bone storage at the site.

This photo shows a ground-level view of the stegosaurus. In the foreground, is a large, beautiful dorsal plate that had separated from the rest of the skeleton prior to burial and fossilization.

This is the tail section of the stegosaurus. Most of the small caudal vertebrae had already been removed when this photo was taken. Three tail spikes and some dorsal plates can be seen. The fourth tail spike was found underneathe one of the spikes shown in the photo.

This photo shows the degree of articulation and complexity of the bones in the ground.

This is a photo of the stegosaurus neck vertebra and disarticulated skull. All bones have been labeled and documented on the site map.

Kirby Siber is lifted high into the air with the trackhoe to photo document the stegosaurus skeleton.

Sarah the Stegosaurus with Maya for scale.

Maya, Kirby Siber’s daughter, poses with Sarah the Stegosaurus.

Close-up photos of small bones and teeth are taken to document their placement.

Documenting the stegosaurus digsite while more bones are being unearthed.

Chris is setting up grid lines and documenting the bones with his digital camera. The camera had an internal grid also which helped accurately document the original placement of the stegosaurus bones.

Sarah the stegosaurus exposed. Virtually complete and very articulated.

Aerial shot of the stegosaurus. The photographer was lifted high into the air in the trackhoe bucket for these fantastic shots of the entire dinosaur in the ground.

The group poses around Sarah. Some of the skeletal elements had been removed prior to this picture, but the majority of the specimen is shown in the photo.

Aerial shot of the stegosaurus with some of the dig group.