When Cyn and I were up in Dallas for BooksmART, we took an afternoon to go see the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science. At the moment, the museum is actually in three buildings, formerly the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Science, and the Children's Museum, in Fair Park, just across from the Cotton Bowl. A new facility is currently being built in Victory Park. Check out the new digs here.
The dinosaur paleontology exhibits are spread between the Nature Building and the Science Building.
The Science Building has a "Dino Pit," where kids can "dig" for dinosaur bones. Looming above the sand boxes is a T.rex and a Quetzalcoatlus.
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| Author and pterosaur |
In the room next door are various displays of
Alamosaurus bones, as well as other creatures from the Texas Mesozoic. One of the more interesting exhibits is of a bird called
Flexomornis howei, discovered in the Woodbine Formation of Texas (about 93-100 million years ago).
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| Author and bird |
Over at the Nature Building, paleontology displays include a
Malawisaurus (discovered by researchers from SMU), ammonites and other sea creatures (including the primitive mosasaur
Dallasaurus), and
Deinosuchus.
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| Greg and Deinosuchus skull |
The basement of the Nature Building houses the prep lab, where paleontologists are presently at work preparing a new
Alamosaurus for display. It's my understanding that this
Alamosaurus is proof that this genus was a lot larger than previously thought...
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Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Sounds like a great summer road trip. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you and Cyn took advantage of the detour opportunity:)