Bob Makela

Alongside his paleontological prospectings and excavations in Montana, Bob Makela had joined numerous scientific organisations, including the Montana State Science Teacher's Association and the [[Society of Vertebrate Paleontology]]. In 1985 he attended the [[National Science Foundation|National Science Foundation convention]], the [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic convention]] and was one of the finalists for Montana's Presidential Scientist Award.

Alongside his paleontological prospectings and excavations in Montana, Bob Makela had joined numerous scientific organisations, including the Montana State Science Teacher's Association and the [[Society of Vertebrate Paleontology]]. In 1985 he attended the [[National Science Foundation|National Science Foundation convention]], the [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic convention]] and was one of the finalists for Montana's Presidential Scientist Award.

In 1978, Bob Makela and friend Jack Horner went to [[Bynum, Montana|Bynum]] and learned that Marion Brandvold spent many years trying to put together the bones of small animals that she and her husband John Brandvold had been finding on a site close to their house.[[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|John R. Horner]], [https://www.proquest.com/openview/e4831391417aa87969b27a0e87c495de/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1820941 ProQuest, "Dinosaur Behavior"]'', ''ProQuest'' (''Phi Kappa Phi Journal''); Summer 1996 Horner identified the remains as baby dinosaurs and this led to both paleontologists to discover a new entire colonial nesting site: nests, eggs (some containing embryos), adults and juveniles. Identified as a new species of [[Hadrosauridae|Hadrosaur]], Makela and Horner named and described ''[[Maiasaura|Maiasaura peeblesorum]]'' in 1979. Within a few years the site earned the name ''Egg Mountain'' because of the number of eggshell remains.

In 1978, Bob Makela and friend Jack Horner went to [[Bynum, Montana|Bynum]] and learned that Marion Brandvold spent many years trying to put together the bones of small animals that she and her husband John Brandvold had been finding on a site close to their house.[[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|John R. Horner]], ''[https://www.proquest.com/openview/e4831391417aa87969b27a0e87c495de/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1820941 ProQuest, "Dinosaur Behavior"]'', ''ProQuest'' (''Phi Kappa Phi Journal''); Summer 1996 Horner identified the remains as baby dinosaurs and this led to both paleontologists to discover a new entire colonial nesting site: nests, eggs (some containing embryos), adults and juveniles. Identified as a new species of [[Hadrosauridae|Hadrosaur]], Makela and Horner named and described ''[[Maiasaura|Maiasaura peeblesorum]]'' in 1979. Within a few years the site earned the name ''Egg Mountain'' because of the number of eggshell remains.

In 1983 Makela became officially involved in research for the [[Museum of the Rockies]] ([[Bozeman, Montana]]) which granted him to be the camp manager on academic dinosaur excavation sites.

In 1983 Makela became officially involved in research for the [[Museum of the Rockies]] ([[Bozeman, Montana]]) which granted him to be the camp manager on academic dinosaur excavation sites.