Ceratopsian Stories - Stay Curious, Utah!
Ceratopsians are a diverse and beloved dinosaur group, and many roamed through the area we now call Utah! Join Carrie Levitt-Bussian, NHMU Paleontology Collections Manager, for a Q&A for 3rd-6th and 6th-12th graders. We will also have a dinosaur-themed storytime for our younger learners with an NHMU educator.
Recorded Q&A with Paleontologist Carrie Levitt-Bussian - September 16, 2021
Carrie Levitt-Bussian is a paleontologist and the Paleontology Collections Manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah. She manages over 50,000 paleontological specimens, which includes vertebrate, invertebrate, and botanical fossils. She received her Masters of Science from the University of Utah in 2013. Her expertise is in ceratopsian limb bone histology, looking at tissues under microscopes to study how animals, like triceratops, grew and what their metabolism was like when they were alive.