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For a preview of the exhibition themes and artifacts, check out the exhibition sections described below.
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Introduction
Get ready to take a journey of discovery into the exciting world of cutting-edge paleontology. New dinosaur fossils are being discovered faster than ever before. Advanced technology allows scientists to look at these fossils in fresh ways. And researchers are gaining surprising insights into these amazing animals. New discoveries, new technology and new ideas are helping today’s scientists piece together what these living, breathing dinosaurs were really like.
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 How Dinosaurs Moved
In this section, the latest studies on dinosaur movement, including locomotion and neck and tail mobility, spring dramatically to life from the computer screen. |
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Don’t miss:
A six-foot-long mechanical T. rex skeleton that walks in place, illustrating how experts in biomechanics and paleontology are teaming up to estimate the typical speed and gait of a rampaging tyrannosaur.
Computer interactives that allow visitors to calculate the speed of a T-rex by changing its center of mass, posture, and muscle mass.
A stunning 60-foot-long model of an Apatosaurus skeleton, and an animation revealing new information about neck and tail mobility.
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 How Dinosaurs Behaved
This section demonstrates how scientists are reinterpreting old fossil evidence by using new approaches and new technologies to unlock the secrets of dinosaur behavior.
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A 15-by-10-foot re-creation of the famous Davenport Ranch Trackway, a collection of sauropod and theropod dinosaur prints unearthed in Texas in the 1930s and 1940s that shows visitors how recent analysis of the tracks has revealed new ideas on the herding behavior of these dinosaurs.
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A large “trophy wall” of mounted dinosaur skulls, ranging from the three-horned Triceratops to the dome-headed Pachycephalosaurus, that illustrates the latest theories about the unusual horns, frills, crests, and domes found on many dinosaur skulls. This section highlights the full range of these bizarre structures, investigating whether they were used for defense, mate recognition, or display.
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