Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum

[7] The museum's owner, director, and curator was Joe Taylor, an artist-turned-expert in making castings of ancient bones.

He worked as a commercial artist in Hollywood, California, on billboards on the Sunset Strip, magazine illustrations, the lettering on the original Mr. Pibb soda cans, and many album covers, which still fill a room in the museum.

After receiving another grant for $14,300 from the Cooper Foundation, the largest field latex mold of an in situ specimen made to date was achieved between April 1st and June 3rd that same year.

[10] The largest mastodon skull on record was found in February 2004 in a gravel pit near La Grange, Texas.

The exact nature of each team's contributions became contentious, and the groups argued publicly until an agreement in April 2004, which awarded Taylor $124,843 out of $200,000 for his share of the Allosaurus, and committed all parties to refrain from disparaging the others.

[1][12] On January 20, 2008, as the sheriff's department was preparing to force the sale of the museum to pay the fine, the Mt.