Staff for Dinosaur Expeditions!
Join Nate Murphy, Director of Vertebrate Paleontology, Phillips County Museum,and his full and part-time staff of research associates, visiting and area museum professionals and post and undergraduate paleontology students for "DINOSAUR EXPLORATION"

Copyright 2004 - A JRDI photo.

Name: Nate Murphy Occupation: Research Director: Judith River Dinosaur Institute Residence: Malta, MT, USA Nate Murphy has over 30 years working in the field of dinosaur paleontology. He has held the position of Curator of Paleontology since 1992 at the Phillips County Museum in Malta, Montana. In 2003 with local businessmen and women of Malta he helped to form the non-profit Judith River foundation. The JR foundation is the official repository and research center for all fossils collected by the institute. In 1994 he formed the Judith River Dinosaur Institute, an educational and funding vehicle for the exploration, collection and research of the areas paleontological resources. Nate's real love lies in hands-on field work. In 1993 the JRDI started excavating one of the largest bonebeds ever found in northeastern Montana's Judith River Formation.

1994 - he discovered a complete Brachylophosaurus that would be called the finest preserved articulated dinosaur skeleton ever found in Montana. 1996 - Nate was part of an international team sent to Patagonia, Argentina to excavate the world's largest meat-eating dinosaur, Giganotosaurus. 2001 - Nate and his JRDI team excavated Leonardo a mummy dinosaur. Now considered by many as the world's best preserved dinosaur. 2002 - the JRDI team excavated and collected another beautifully articulated adult Brachylophosaurus called Roberta. 2003 - excavated and collected Montana's first Stegosaurus known as Giffen. 2004 - he was asked to take part in his second international team expedition to southern Patagonia to look for some of the world's largest sauropods. The JRDI team excavated and collected a third Brachylophosaurus skeleton, a juvenile affectionately known as Peanut. 2005 - JRDI team excavated the remains of a new species of sauropod and discovered Montana's second Stegosaurus. Nate has had the pleasure to excavate many dinosaur remains all over the western United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America. Nate has been a consultant for the U.S. Government, public museums, and documentary film groups such as PBS, BBC, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel