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We are thrilled to show you a sneak peek of New Mexico’s own Bistahieversor robotic dinosaur created based on the Bistihievor specimen discovered in 1997 in the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness in the Four Corners by museum research associate Paul Sealey. The Bisti Beast fossil was excavated in 1998, collected by NMMNHS Curator of Palentology, Thomas Williamson, Ph.D. Look for the Bisti Beast on full exhibition beginning in July 2019. It will become one of the museum’s key attractions, as the replica

12K views · 1K reactions | Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area, between Bisti / De-Na-Zin Wilderness and Chaco Canyon The rock formation that looks like a tower with holes is known as the Alien Throne. Whole place looks off-world. Video by Matt Beckmann @mattbeckmannimages on Instagram | New Mexico Nomad | Facebook

The Bisti-De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area is unusual; a stark, alien landscape, with undulating hills in white, black and red punctuated by hoodoos and natural windows. It looks like a different world. At one point, long ago, it was a different world, populated by dinosaurs long before humans arrived in the region. The wilderness area encompasses 41,170 acres of rock formations that would seem more natural on Mars than in New Mexico. Translated from the Navajo word Bistahí, Bisti means “among the adob