For Immediate Release Contact: Pat Kremer (312) 665-7100 (For Media Use Only) Evolving Planet Puts Dinosaurs in Their Place Evolving Planet takes you on a journey through 4 billion years of life on Earth, from single-celled organisms to our extended human family. A highlight is the Genius Hall of Dinosaurs, where you’ll encounter the Mesozoic Era – the age of dinosaurs. It’s a gargantuan display, with authentic fossils and detailed casts spanning the era from Herrerasaurus, one of the earliest dinosaurs, to the ferocious meat-eaters of the Late Cretaceous Period. Among the long-necked sauropods are a 72-foot-long Apatosaurus; original bones from the Brachiosaurus that stands guard outside the Museum; and the 18-foot-long youngster of a new dinosaur, Rapetosaurus, discovered a few years ago in Madagascar. The armored Stegosaurus is here, as well as the horned and frilled ceratopsians, a pachycephalosaur with its huge helmet of bone, and the plant-eating ornithopod Parasaurolophus. Sue’s world is well represented here, in a variety of animal and plant fossils that were found along with the T. rex skeleton, including crocodiles, lizards, fish, and other dinosaur bones. Sue’s close cousin, Daspletosaurus, hunches over the body of a duck-billed hadrosaur. Nearby are another, more distant cousin, Allosaurus; the raptor Deinonychus; and Cryolophosaurus, one of the few dinosaurs found in Antarctica. Evolving Planet provides an opportunity to discover still more about the world of dinosaurs. You’ll learn what defines a dinosaur, what was happening to the Earth’s climate and land masses during their time, and much more. There’s a special activity area for junior dinosaur fans, with lots of interactive displays, a chance to find out what dino skin and bones felt like, and answers to all those questions kids ask about dinosaurs – from what they ate to how they reproduced. The dinosaurs are truly in their element in this hall: it’s decorated with the gorgeous murals painted for The Field Museum eighty years ago by Charles R. Knight, including the famous one showing T. rex confronting a Triceratops. Twenty-three of the huge paintings, beautifully restored, are on display throughout Evolving Planet. <<Return to the Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries Press Kit