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Ultimate Dinosaurs Exhibit In Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
We all know about the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops, but what about the Gigantosaurus, pictured above, or the Amargasaurus? These are just a couple of the little-known dinosaurs highlighted at a new exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
"Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana" looks at recently discovered dinosaur species from South America, Africa and Madagascar, some of which have never before been displayed in Canada. Not content with simply assembling the skeletons and putting them on a pedestal, the curators have painted the walls with richly detailed murals and have also created Augmented Reality experiences where visitors can interact with the displays to learn more. You can even flesh out a dinosaur skeleton to see how paleontologists recreate these fearsome beasts from the bones they find.
The exhibit looks at how continental drift affected the dinosaur evolution during the Mesozoic Era 250–65 million years ago. At the start of this period there was one giant land mass called Pangaea. This later divided into Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south, which in turn separated into the continents we're familiar with. This increasing isolation led to dinosaur species evolving separately.
Some of these unusual dinosaurs will surprise you. The long-necked Futalognkosaurus was one of the biggest animals to have ever walked the earth, measuring 110 feet long and weighing as much as 10 elephants. Suchomimus had a face like a crocodile and the Majungasaurus appears to have been a cannibal. Majungasaurus bite marks have been found on the bones of other Majungasaurs.
"Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana" runs until March 17, 2013.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Seadiver Jul 1st 2012 9:52AM
Consider that the body plan of a generic dinosaur is a long tail, long neck, and a bulbous body. That is the same as an animal described in the histories of every culture in the world, the dragon. The word 'dinosaur' was not coined until 1841 when they started digging them up as fossils, and before then they were called dragons. For an extensive array of historical representations of dragons/dinosaurs check out http://www.s8int.com/dinolit1.html and for in depth scientific defense of this view see answersingenesis.org which is one of the most heavily hit sites on the net. It is put together by PhD scientists that believe the Bible is true.
Paul Jul 1st 2012 1:53PM
I'm sure dinosaur fossils were discovered long before 1841, the people who found the bones called them dragons, that is where the mythical fire breathing dragonstories probably originated. The bible is basically fiction with some historical events that actually happened,but it is mythology on the whole. These animals did not live alongside humans or breathe fire or just happen to miss the boat(ARK) with Noah.
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seadiver Jul 4th 2012 10:53AM
To Paul,
True that dinosaur bones must have been observed from time to time before 1841, but the various sober historical accounts in all cultures are not of animated bones.
As far as breathing fire, the bombadier beetle has a similar mechanism, and if a bug can do it then a larger animal could have something comparable of greater capacity.
How do you know the Bible is basically fiction and myth? If dinosaurs were created by God on day six then they would be represented on the Ark (he would likely take juveniles to save room), and that would explain their showing up in the histories of all the cultures of the world.
What scientific evidence would you expect to find if Noah's flood really happened? Billions of dead animals and plants buried in deep expansive layers of sediment laid down by water all over the continents. Thats what we find.