Josh Cotten came out to Australian Age of Dinosaurs to follow his dreams of becoming a Palaeonotologist. He spent six days working with us on real dinosaur bones and helping with collection work. Josh also helped with sieving and sorting, looking for turtle, fish, crocodile and even dinosaur bone fragments in the matrix collected from dig sites.

Here we see Josh working on 'Wade', an as yet undescribed Australian Dinosaur. The bone is a part of a vertebrae from Wade's back. When we publish Wade, Josh can be proud to have have helped bring a brand new dinosaur species back from the mists of deep time!

Here is what Josh had to say about working with us:

"My experience at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Preparation Facility has been great. I've learned a lot and gained experience in working with dinosaurs. I've had such a great time and would like to thank the staff and Honorary Technicans with AAODL for such a wonderful experience. Also a special thanks to Trish 'Tricky ' Sloan!"

If you'd like an experience like Josh's contact us! How cool to tell your school mates how you worked with real dinosaur bones in outback Queensland!