点评:I am so happy to have discovered PaleoAdventures many years ago! Walter and Heather Stein, the owners of this venture, are wonderful people, as are their staff. I have gone on trips with them for the past 7 years. I enjoyed taking my teenage daughter for the first couple of years and have been returning solo each year since. You will find fossils that you can keep like triceratops and duckbill dinosaur teeth, turtle shell, crocodile teeth, garfish scales, dinosaur bone fragments and other fossils from the Hell Creek formation--the time just before the big asteroid hit! You will also likely find fossils considered commercial but not of scientific value which you may be able to purchase at reasonable prices like a duckbill dinosaur bone or a T-rex tooth! I really appreciate PaleoAdventures policy that if you find something of rarity/scientific value that it is reseved for study or museums--as it should be. I guarantee you will not regret joining one of their tours and digging for dinosaurs!! Trips typically fill up fast so it is good idea to check out their website when reserations open up for the season but they sometimes have cancelations so check to see if they may be able to take you even during the summer season. The owners opened the Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Museum last year and it is the location where one meets for the dinosaur dig tours. Even it you can't do a dig, you should visit the museum when you are visitng the Rapid City area! Charles Jennissen, Reviewer.
翻译:多年前发现了古生物探险公司(PaleoAdventures),我真是太高兴了!这家公司的老板沃尔特和希瑟·斯坦夫妇人非常好,他们的员工也一样。过去七年里,我一直参加他们的探险之旅。最初几年,我带着十几岁的女儿一起去,之后每年都独自前往。在那里,你可以找到一些可以带回家的化石,比如三角龙和鸭嘴龙的牙齿、龟壳、鳄鱼牙齿、针鱼鳞片、恐龙骨骼碎片,以及其他来自地狱溪组(Hell Creek Formation)的化石——那是小行星撞击地球之前的地层!你也可能会找到一些具有商业价值但没有科学价值的化石,比如鸭嘴龙的骨头或霸王龙的牙齿,价格也比较合理。我非常欣赏古生物探险公司的政策:如果你发现了稀有或具有科学价值的化石,他们会将其保存下来供研究或博物馆收藏——这才是应该的。我保证你绝对不会后悔参加他们的恐龙挖掘之旅!行程通常很快就会报满,所以最好在旺季开放预订时查看他们的网站。不过,他们有时也会有取消的空位,所以即使在夏季旺季,也可以查看一下他们是否还能安排行程。去年,他们的老板开设了地狱溪恐龙博物馆,恐龙挖掘之旅的集合地点就在那里。即使你没机会参与挖掘,当你到拉皮德城地区游览时,也应该去参观一下博物馆!——查尔斯·詹尼森,评论员