More dinosaurs are coming to the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in downtown Miami.
Fans of these prehistoric creatures may remember the “Mammoths: Ice Age Giants” exhibition that brought a 10-foot-tall skeleton of that gentle giant to the museum this summer.
Now “Ultimate Dinosaurs: Meet a New Breed of Beast” significantly expands the museum’s commitment to examining those mighty creatures. The new exhibition – running from Oct. 8, 2022 through April 23, 2023 – will present some of the most significant dinosaur discoveries from the Southern Hemisphere of the last two decades.
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Skull of a Carcharodontosaurus, named after the shark genus Carcharodon.
The exhibition explores a new breed of dinosaurs that evolved in isolation in South America, Africa and Madagascar – dinosaurs unfamiliar to popular imagination. Cutting-edge technology puts a new twist on bringing these prehistoric creatures to life in the 21st century. From the tiny Eoraptor to the massive Giganotosaurus, “Ultimate Dinosaurs” is a fascinating study of species you haven’t met before:
· Eoraptor, a bipedal dinosaur that lived about 228 million years ago that had two different kinds of teeth – both serrated and flat – indicating that it was an omnivore.
· Malawisaurus, one of the earliest titanosaurs, was a sauropod from Africa. Like most titanosaurs, Malawisaurus had bones in its skin, like those in modern crocodiles.
· Suchomimus, a spinosaur from the Sahara Desert in Niger. This animal was 33 feet long and would have weighed more than 6,600 pounds.
· Majungasaurus, a theropod from Madagascar.
· Rapetosaurus, a titanosaur named after the mischievous Malagasy folkl
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Amargasaurus, an herbivorous sauropod from Argentina, had a distinctive double row of spines on its neck and back.
ore giant, Rapeto. As an adult, it may have been up to 60 feet long.
· Amargasaurus, an herbivorous sauropod from Argentina, had a distinctive double row of spines on its neck and back. These colored, spine-like sails may have been used to signal other members of its species.
· Giganotosaurus, the largest carnivorous dinosaur from Gondwana and perhaps the largest land predator ever. Giganotosaurus is similar in size to Laurasia’s more famous Tyrannosaurus rex.
This isn’t your run-of-the-mill dinosaurs exhibition. You’ll wonder at the exciting and intimidating presence of these exotic creatures as you wander among 13 life-size casts, view authentic dinosaur fossils and touchable fossilized dinosaur specimens, and see these creatures come to life through an augmented reality experience.
Admission to “Ultimate Dinosaurs: Meet a New Breed of Beast” is included with all museum admission tickets. For more information, visit FrostScience.org/ultimatedinos.