#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

Keeping jackets and their contents organized is a critical part of the process - especially when you are trying to build a 60-foot sauropod!

Organization was critical to the success of the expedition - and to the work in the lab. Building a sauropod requires a well thought out plan. Jackets belonging to Jobaria had to be opened in a particular sequence. Lab technicians relied on the jacket numbers and the field log to guide them so that each part of the skeleton could be cleaned and reconstructed in the right order.

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