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Maryland Dinosaurs

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Maryland is one of only 8 states that have designated a state dinosaur. We were the 5th state to do so, after Colorado and New Jersey started a trend in the 1980s and 90s. But only Maryland has the astrodon as its prehistoric symbol.

A hundred and 40 years before our state chose the astrodon, Maryland’s agricultural chemist Philip T. Tyson was producing the area’s first geologic map of Maryland. His work brought him Prince George's County and he did some digging in an open-pit iron mine. There, he discovered our region’s first dinosaur fossils.

W. Brooks Paternotte took the helm of Irvine Nature Center as executive director in July 2013 and immediately began building on the strong 35-year foundation. Brooks is a Baltimore native who was a teacher, coach, advisor, dean and Head of the Middle School during his 13 years at Boys’ Latin School in Baltimore. He is also an instructor and ambassador of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and is a Leave No Trace Master, as well as an avid outdoorsman and a features writer for FlyLife Magazine.
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