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20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum. Plant Earth is the first exhibits you see when you walk in the door of the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Plant Earth
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Preparation lab, you can watch the crews clean a way the rock to reveal the fossils, find in the field.
Preparation lab
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum you can see the small exhibits at the start of the tour.
Small exhibits
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrant king In Tyrannosaurus rex theropod adaptations reached extreme development. Long,heavy legs, powerful jaws and huge claws suggest it was capable of killing almost any prey. But, like most modern carnivores, it probably hurried only when it had to and scavenged whenever it could. Tyrannosaurus rex Cretaceous Montana,USA Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrant king In Tyrannosaurus rex theropod adaptations reached extreme development. Long,heavy legs, powerful jaws and huge claws suggest it was capable of killing almost any prey. But, like most modern carnivores, it probably hurried only when it had to and scavenged whenever it could. Tyrannosaurus rex Cretaceous Montana,USA Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
 
20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum This is one carnivore that's extremely unusual! Unlike most theropods, Alxasurus had small bullet-shaped teeth, long, powerful arms and a short tail. Some features, like its teeth, were similar to some herbivores - yet its dagger-like claws are unmistakably theropod. Alxasaurus Early Cretaceous Inner Mongolia Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Odd theropod
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum bird mimic This superbly preserced specimen is an orithomimd dinosaur in classic theropod death pose. contracting ligaments pulled the neck and tail into a dramatic curve. Ostrich mimce were light and agile, with long, three-fingered forelimbs. Faint impressions of the beak canbe seen between the tips of the jaw. ornithomus sp. Cretaceous Dinosaur Provincial,Alberta Caption words by Royal Tyrrell Museum
bird mimic
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Black beauty For many years tyrannosaurus rex was. the largest carnivore known. the discovery of an incomplete giganotosaurus in Argentina may have left T. rex in second place, but T.rex was probably faster amd more agile. Tyrannosaurus rex. Cretaceous Crowsnest Pass,Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Black beauty
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Asian predator Healed bite marks on its jaws indicate this theropod may have been competing for food or territory with another meat-eater. Which dinosaure were its rivals? The answer is yet to be uncovered. Sinraptor dongi upper juraasic Jungar Basin, China Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Asian predator
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Asian predator Healed bite marks on its jaws indicate this theropod may have been competing for food or territory with another meat-eater. Which dinosaure were its rivals? The answer is yet to be uncovered. Sinraptor dongi upper juraasic Jungar Basin, China Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Asian predator
 
20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum jurassic overlord The largest land carnivote of the jurassic period. Allosaurus had jaws that opened widely, allowing the large upper teeth to slash prey. It probably hunted sauropods and plated stegosaurs. One Allosaurs peivis shows a puncture wound.prehaps from the tail spike of a stegosaur. Allosaurus sp Jurassic Utah, USA Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
jurassic overlord
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum crested predator Named for its most distinguishing feature this &quotsingle ridged lizard" has a large, hollow crest along the middle of its head. the function of the crest is unknown but may have served as species recognition. Monolophosaurus dongi Middie Jurassic Jungar Basin, China Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
crested predator
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrant king In Tyrannosaurus rex theropod adaptations reached extreme development. Long,heavy legs, powerful jaws and huge claws suggest it was capable of killing almost any prey. But, like most modern carnivores, it probably hurried only when it had to and scavenged whenever it could. Tyrannosaurus rex Cretaceous Montana,USA Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum crested predator Named for its most distinguishing feature this &quotsingle ridged lizard" has a large, hollow crest along the middle of its head. the function of the crest is unknown but may have served as species recognition. Monolophosaurus dongi Middie Jurassic Jungar Basin, China Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
crested predator
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
 
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Dinosaur Orders
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Camarasaurus Camarasaurus, up to 18 meters long, was one of the more common sauropods of western north america. Many young specimens, dead before they reached adulthood, have been discovered. Cammarasaurus supremus Jurassic, Utah Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Chasmosaurus This ceratopsian had a single horn on its snout and two smaller horns above its eyes. Although rival males may have battled over mates, they probably also scared off potenial opponents by dropping their heads to display the large frill. Chasmosaurus belli Late Cretaceous, Dinosaur Provincial Pack, Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Chasmosaurus
 
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Chasmosaurus This ceratopsian had a single horn on its snout and two smaller horns above its eyes. Although rival males may have battled over mates, they probably also scared off potenial opponents by dropping their heads to display the large frill. Chasmosaurus belli Late Cretaceous, Dinosaur Provincial Pack, Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Chasmosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Parasarolophus One of the rarest duckbills, Parasaurolophus also possessed the most distinctive crest. hasal passages extended through the crests of many duckbill dinosaurs. They may have functioned as resonatiog chambers, producing honks and bellows distinctive to each species. Parasaurolophus walkeri latecretaceou, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Parasarolophus
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Lambeosaurus Namefor lwrence lambe, one of the early fossil hunters in the red deer river valley, Lambeosaurus had a distinctive crest. The hollow cavity in side the crest may may have been used to produce sounds and the young may have identified their parents by the distinctive crest. lambeosaurus lambei Late Cretaceous, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Lambeosaurus
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Ornithomimus Ornithomimids, or &quotbird mimic" dinosaurs, were toothless relatives of carnivores such as Albertosaurus and dromaeosaurus. The were quick, agile animals and the proportions of their hind legs suggest they may have been able to run almost as fast as a horse. Ornithomimus is one of three &quotbird mimic" dinosaurs known from Alberta. Ornithomimus Edmontonicus Late Cretaceous, Drumheller, Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
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  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
 
20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Tyrannosaurus The largest carivore ever to walk Alberta, the tyrant lizard reacher lengths of more than 12 metres and weighed in at more than 6.5 tonnes. Powerful hind legs. teeth bigger than bananas, and a hinged jaw that enabled it to swallow large chunks of meat made it a formidable predator. Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaccous, huxley. Alberta Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Tyrannosaurus
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Triceratops Triceratops was the last and largest of the horned dinpsaurs. Its massive head made up almost one third of its total length. Several partial skull have been found near Drumheller but no complete skeleton has yet been fond in thi area. Triceratops horridus Late cretaceous, Montana Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Triceratops
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum. Triceratops Triceratops was the last and largest of the horned dinpsaurs. Its massive head made up almost one third of its total length. Several partial skull have been found near Drumheller but no complete skeleton has yet been fond in thi area. Triceratops horridus Late cretaceous, Montana Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Triceratops
 
20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum. Triceratops Triceratops was the last and largest of the horned dinpsaurs. Its massive head made up almost one third of its total length. Several partial skull have been found near Drumheller but no complete skeleton has yet been fond in thi area. Triceratops horridus Late cretaceous, Montana Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Triceratops
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum. Triceratops Triceratops was the last and largest of the horned dinpsaurs. Its massive head made up almost one third of its total length. Several partial skull have been found near Drumheller but no complete skeleton has yet been fond in thi area. Triceratops horridus Late cretaceous, Montana Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Triceratops
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Brontottheres Mating combats probably occurred among ancient mammals, just as they do among bighorn sheep and dison today. Here,two male orontotheres are shown in combat, using their large horns as weapons. Damaged ribs found on some specimens are likely the result of such combats. Brontops Cypress hills formation, Saskatchewan Brontops reotoration Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Brontottheres
  20040908 - Canada - Alberta : Royal Tyrrell Museum Mammoth Steppe Glacial ice and meltwater shaped the landscape and affected the climate. A patchwork of grassland, parkland and other habitats developed,Known as the Mammoth Steppe. Resembling a cold version of Africa.s savanna,the steppe environment allowed mammoths and other herbivores to flourish. Caption word by Royal Tyrrell Museum
Mammoths
 
 
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