Amherst College museum exhibits new dinosaur bones

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — An Amherst College alumnus and his wife have donated a dinosaur skeleton to the western Massachusetts school.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/11slO6c) that John Middleton, a 1977 Amherst College graduate, and wife Leigh purchased the well-preserved Dryosaurus altus skeleton at auction for an undisclosed amount. It’s now on display at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College.