#1: find a dinosaur

#2: dig the bones

#3: wrap the bones

#4: move the bones

#5: log the bones

#6: clean the bones

#7: build missing bones

#8: figure out the skeleton

#9: copy the fossils

#10: mount the copies

#11: share your discovery
In this picture, hollow plastic copies of the hind legs of Jobaria are being assembled into a skeleton.

The mounted skeleton of Jobaria began with an "armature" (metal framework) that was made of high-tensile steel. Casts of the bones were then attached to the framework. The bones end up hiding most of the steel framework from view.

As the casts of the bones were completed they were shipped to East Coolie, Canada, where the expert P.A.S.T. team mounted the skeleton.

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