Wyoming Dinosaur Center (Wyoming) The star of this museum is a 106-foot-long Supersaurus. The museum has acquired one of the largest archeopteryx in the world (but still less than the one in Berlin) and showcases skeletons of Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and Velociraptor, among others, in diffe...
Wyoming Dinosaur Center entrance This museum’s standout attraction is a 106-foot Supersaurus. The museum has acquired the most complete archaeopteryx in the world (after the one in Berlin) and boasts skeletons ofTriceratops,StegosaurusandVelociraptor, among others in all sorts of dynamic poses. The...
OtherT. rexspecimens are mounted at other natural history museums in North America, such as theDenverNatural History Museum, theUniversity of CaliforniaMuseum of Paleontology inBerkeley, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller,Alberta, nearDinosaur...
The second Jurassic dinosaur rush, as described in Paul Brinkman's eponymous ground-breaking book, took place from 1899 to 1905 in the American West (primarily Wyoming and Colorado). There were three principal players in this second rush: Henry Fairfield Osborn at the Department of Vertebrate ...
GREYBULL — It only takes a few minutes to drive through the small town of Greybull, Wyoming, but in that short drive you're passing through millions of years of history. So much history that two of the town's museums, the Greybull Museum and the Bighorn Basin Dinosaur and Geos...
(1790-1852) put Iguanodon’s thumb claw on top of its nose. It stayed that way for 40 years. Edward Cope (1840-1897) reconstructed Elasmosaurus (“thin plate”) with its head on the end of its tail. Until recently, Apatosaurus (or Brontosaurus) appeared in museums with the head of ...
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Winterthur, Delaware Originally the home of horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont, Delaware'sWinterthur Museumis now one of America's foremost decorative art museums, displaying nearly 90,000 objects made or used in the country since 1640. It's also a bota...
Subsequent expeditions have unveiled numerous other Diplodocus species, predominantly in the midwestern regions of the United States. Today, these majestic remains grace museums across the globe. With a staggering length of approximately 85 feet, the Diplodocus was undeniably massive. Tipping the scales ...
Dinosaurs in Asia The rich finds of dinosaurs come from Asia. In China, “dragon bones” (ground into powder was considered a medicine) were already recorded in ancient chronicles. The Zigong area has provided hundreds of skeletons. One of the most modern “dinosaur” museums was erected above...
6. Wyoming Dinosaur Center (Wyoming) This museum’s standout attraction is a 106-foot Supersaurus. The museum has acquired the most complete archaeopteryx in the world (after the one in Berlin) and boasts skeletons of Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Velociraptor, among others in all sorts of dynami...