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Ohio State museum asks public to help buy dinosaur skeleton

A geological museum at Ohio State University wants to buy a new dinosaur skeleton for its collection, and it's hoping the public will pitch in to make that happen.

COLUMBUS, OH (AP) - A geological museum at Ohio State University wants to buy a new dinosaur skeleton for its collection, and it's hoping the public will pitch in to make that happen.

The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2m0tIIv ) reports the Orton Geological Museum is aiming to raise $80,000 next month for the addition.

Why? As one curator puts it: "Nothing gets kids excited like dinosaurs."

Toys and other items sold at the museum don't generate enough income for big purchases or upgrades, and there's a squeeze on federal funding, so the museum is turning to crowdsourcing to pay for the project.

The hope is to add a cast skeleton of a bus-sized dinosaur dubbed Cryolophosaurus ellioti. It was named after retired Ohio State geology professor David Elliot, who discovered the remains in Antarctica in 1991.

Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com

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