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Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/amnhtriceratops_1959.jpgAMNH Triceratopscretaceous hall colberthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hatcher_nmnhtypepad.pnghatcher_nmnhtypepadUpdated "Hatcher" mount's rarely seen right side. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lacmtriceratops_mallison.jpglacmtriceratops_mallisonLACM Triceratops mount. Photo by Heinrich Mallison, many more here.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/stlouis_modelstegtric.pngstlouis_modelstegtricSt. Louis Expo2025-12-26T18:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2025/09/18/iguanas-poodles-and-asteroids/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/541802781_1234917805346725_3974462621715572131_n.jpeg541802781_1234917805346725_3974462621715572131_nhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_5935.jpegIMG_5935https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_6472.jpegIMG_6472https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6899.jpegIMG_6899https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/59569768-1811-4999-ad99-4e9821dd1b94_1_105_c.jpeg59569768-1811-4999-AD99-4E9821DD1B94_1_105_chttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/811df0e4-1760-408e-9fb5-eccf67badd8b_1_105_c.jpeg811DF0E4-1760-408E-9FB5-ECCF67BADD8B_1_105_chttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ae6c35bd-adcd-4277-8369-ee1d29819a78_1_105_c.jpegAE6C35BD-ADCD-4277-8369-EE1D29819A78_1_105_chttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52e17dd3-2132-46a8-9ad5-230bf70c0ecd_1_105_c.jpeg52E17DD3-2132-46A8-9AD5-230BF70C0ECD_1_105_chttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/45fa0de5-26be-4753-94b5-908157d63d64_1_105_c.jpeg45FA0DE5-26BE-4753-94B5-908157D63D64_1_105_chttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/70adecd0-d366-4d4a-943f-d66e27a16d9d_1_105_c.jpeg70ADECD0-D366-4D4A-943F-D66E27A16D9D_1_105_c2025-09-21T17:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2025/08/09/a-closer-look-at-the-natural-history-museum-of-north-america/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/visitor-center-rotunda.jpegVisitor-Center-Rotundahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6535.jpegIMG_6535https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6520.jpegIMG_6520https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6531.jpegIMG_6531https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6524.jpegIMG_6524https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_6516.jpegIMG_6516https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/rebirthmuseumscene1.jpegrebirthmuseumscene1https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/paintedhall.jpgpaintedhall2025-10-24T20:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/history-of-fossil-mounts/2025-07-21T15:23:47+00:00weekly0.6https://extinctmonsters.net/the-marsh-dinosaurs-jurassic/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/allosaurus2019.jpgallosaurus2019photo by the authorhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3938.jpgIMG_3938Camptosaurus pairhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ceratosaurusnmnh.jpgceratosaurusnmnhImage (c) NMNH, via twitter.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-04-at-10-13-45-am.pngScreen Shot 2018-11-04 at 10.13.45 AMBest photo yet available. 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Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pleistocenehall.jpgpleistocenehallwegegeghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rickmanneanderthaldiorama-e1450205111222.jpgrickmanneanderthaldioramaVernon Rickman works on neanderthal models in 1973. 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cabinhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1238.jpegIMG_1238Carnegie Hill and University Hill today. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_1185.jpegIMG_1185Tableau of cast fossil skeletons at the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument visitor center. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0005.jpegIMG_0005Menoceras slab on display at the Field Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_0328.jpegIMG_0328Menoceras and Moropus slab at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img_9364.jpegIMG_9364Menoceras fossils from Agate Springs on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/agatehills.jpegagatehillsPhoto by Neublar110, CC SAhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/knightmiocene.jpegknightmioceneCharles Knight's mural of the Agate Springs ecosystem. © Field Museum2023-12-27T01:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2023/07/17/is-it-real/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_1910.jpegimg_1910https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_1898.jpegimg_1898https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_4576.jpegimg_45762024-07-17T02:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2023/06/14/dinosaurs-of-the-field-museum-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1428.jpegimg_1428https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0428.jpgimg_0428https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_0354.jpgimg_0354https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/e.12.jpege.12https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_6283.jpegimg_6283https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1660.jpegimg_1660https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fb29mikweambsgp.jpegfb29mikweambsgphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_1628.jpegimg_1628https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_6290.jpegimg_6290https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1683930340-antarctic-traveling-gn92554_239ad.webp1683930340-antarctic-traveling-gn92554_239ad2023-06-15T18:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2023/01/27/dinosaurs-of-the-field-museum-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_3354.jpegimg_3354https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/geo81559.jpeggeo81559https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gn79249.jpeggn79249https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d.11.jpegd.11https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_8932.jpegimg_8932https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_2873.jpegimg_2873https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/apatosaurus.jpgapatosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d.08.jpegd.08https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/csgeo3934.jpegcsgeo3934https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_4533.jpegimg_45332023-05-30T00:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/08/30/the-field-museum-shuffles-its-dinosaurs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/4-09.jpg4.09The current Sue mount has a touch of "grenade-swallowing syndrome." Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fieldpatagotitan.jpgfieldpatagotitanRendering of Patagotitan in the Stanley Field Hall.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/newsue_patagotitan.jpgnewsue_patagotitanNew Sue2023-02-20T15:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2021/12/30/visitor-well-being-and-nhms-dinosaur-exhibit/2026-03-29T21:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2022/12/18/ernestine-lives/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gn86938c.jpegBotany Negative Scanner Epson V700Botany Negative Scanner Epson V700https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_0511.jpegimg_0511https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_3544.jpegimg_3544https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brachio_tribune2.jpgbrachio_tribune2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brachio_tribune1.jpgbrachio_tribune1https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brachio_suntimes2.jpgbrachio_suntimes2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brachio_suntimes1.jpgbrachio_suntimes1https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brachiosaurusdiagram92.jpgbrachiosaurusdiagram92https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_4275.jpgimg_4275https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/img_4801.jpgimg_48012022-12-21T15:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2022/12/12/spinosaurus-aquatic-animals-and-jargon/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/climatechangeterms.jpegclimatechangetermshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/spinosaurusbig8.jpegspinosaurusbig8https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hipposdzoo.jpghipposdzoo2023-08-04T23:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2022/01/16/the-dinosaurs-of-londons-natural-history-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hul_-_stegosaurus_stenops_sophie_-_1.jpegStegosaurus sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/massospondylus.jpegmassospondylusLike most of the dinosaurshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mantellibeforeafter.jpgmantellibeforeafterhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hypsybeforeafter.jpghypsybeforeafterhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/isle_of_wight_mantellisaurus.jpegMantellisaurus in Hintzehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hypsilophodons.jpegThis is Hypsilophodon sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hypsilophodon_foxi.jpegHypsilophodon_foxiHypsilophodon Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nhm27.jpegnhm27Gallimimushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/iguanodon_bernissartensis.jpegIguanodon_bernissartensisIguanodon, CC BYhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/28843169588_1621b404d3_o.jpgScolosaurusScolosaurus fossil. National History Museum, CC BY2022-04-20T02:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2021/08/16/great-whales-at-the-royal-ontario-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_9962.jpgIMG_9962The remaining North Atlantic right whale population, visualized.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_7949.jpegIMG_7949The evolution section includes skeletons of Pakicetus, Ambulocetus, Kutchicetus, and Dorudon. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_9951.jpgIMG_9951Visitors can step inside the baleen-laden jaws of this replica skull.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_7952.jpegIMG_7952Displayed at eye level, the scale of this blue whale—80 tons in life—is particularly apparent.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_9913.jpgIMG_9913The sperm whale Alugwet is the first of three skeletons visitors encounter.2021-08-22T00:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2021/08/21/telling-sues-story-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sue_walkthrough_02.jpegTEX.S10-1SUE: The T. rex Experience temp exhibit at DMNS. Feb. 12th - April 25th 2021.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/152213693_1858893197608029_6360546874193686456_o.jpgcrushedskullFor us 90s kids, the image of SUE's smushed, partially-prepared skull is at least as iconic as the mounted skeleton, so it was delightful to https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sue_walkthrough_10.jpegTEX.S10-1SUE: The T. rex Experience temp exhibit at DMNS. Feb. 12th - April 25th 2021.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sue_walkthrough_16.jpegTEX.S10-1SUE: The T. rex Experience temp exhibit at DMNS. Feb. 12th - April 25th 2021.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sue_walkthrough_12.jpegTEX.S10-1SUE: The T. rex Experience temp exhibit at DMNS. Feb. 12th - April 25th 2021.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_20200902_150918309.jpgIMG_20200902_150918309Photo by ryanhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dmns-t.rex-0210.jpgDMNS T.RexDMNS T.Rex on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Denver. (Chris Schneider)https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sue_walkthrough_01.jpegSUE: The T. rex Experience temp exhibit at DMNS. Feb. 12th - April 25th 2021.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/0513802b-3afa-4b10-b4c5-221ee69ab4f3_1_105_c.jpeg0513802B-3AFA-4B10-B4C5-221EE69AB4F3_1_105_cCourtesy of Blue Rhino Studios.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/suedmnsedmontosaurus.pngsuedmnsedmontosaurusSide view with Edmontosaurus2021-09-11T18:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/06/19/the-epistemological-challenge-of-model-whales/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/castingwhalenewfoundland.jpgcastingwhalenewfoundlandCasting in newfoundlandhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nmnhphoenix1.jpgnmnhphoenixfeehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nmnhphoenix.jpgnmnhphoenixPhoenix https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6382.jpgIMG_6382Teh squidhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/oldsquidandwhale.jpgoldsquidandwhaleRestoring the squid and the whale Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/londonwhale.jpglondonwhalesourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lifeinthesea1962.jpglifeinthesea1962undertheseahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/installingamnhwhale-e1465501853289.jpginstalling the amnh whale mk 2 https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/artsandindustrieswhale1905.jpgartsandindustrieswhale1905In the arts and industries buildinghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/halfhumpback1885.jpghalfhumpback1885First whale2021-07-17T16:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/08/16/t-rex-in-context-deep-times-cretaceous-display/2021-07-14T18:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/09/16/see-the-elephant/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4876.jpgIMG_4876https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4952.jpgIMG_4952Fénykövi elephant from above. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4869-e1442172007404.jpgIMG_4869Fenykovi elephant at the National Museum of Natural History, September 2014. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fc3a9nykc3b6v_elephant.jpgWords Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/elephant1960s.jpgelephant1960sFénykövi Elephant in the 1960s. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.2023-04-10T21:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2021/06/09/cross-post-gorgeous-george-the-daspletosaurus/2021-06-11T16:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2021/06/02/meeting-peales-mastodon/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pealemammoth.jpegpealemammothRembrandt Peale's carnivorous mammoth.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/humboldt7.jpghumboldt7more mastodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/humboldt6.jpghumboldt6Note the mousehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/humboldt1.jpghumboldt1Original paintingshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/969ec399-bd98-460a-8c8d-3dc442aeeebb_1_105_c.jpeg969EC399-BD98-460A-8C8D-3DC442AEEEBB_1_105_cA red curtain evokes Peale's presentation.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/humboldt4.jpghumboldt4A mastodon in an art museum. 2021-06-03T23:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/10/07/the-artist-in-his-museum-peales-mastodon/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pealemastodongermany.jpgpealemastodongermanyGermanyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rembrantpealemastodon.jpgrembrantpealemastodonThe Peale Museum mastodon, as illustrated by Charles Peale's son, Rembrandt.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mastodontooth.gifmastodontoothBoobs? Couvier, you poor bastard.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/c_w_peale_-_the_artist_in_his_museum-e1423513489826.jpgC_W_Peale_-_The_Artist_in_His_Museum"The Artist in His Museum" by Charles Peale, 1822.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/c_w_peale_-_the_exhumation_of_the_mastadon.jpegC_W_Peale_-_The_Exhumation_of_the_Mastadon"The Exhumation of the Mastodon" by Charles Peale, 1806.2024-11-25T15:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/08/14/denvers-fighting-dinosaurs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/allosauruscloseupdenver.jpgallosauruscloseupdenverA close up of Allosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/allostegoteam.jpgallostegoteamFrom left to righthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prehistoricjourneyunderconstruction.jpgprehistoricjourneyunderconstructionunder constructionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/woodexcavatesallosaurus.jpgwoodexcavatesallosaurusWood excavates Allosaurus. From Johnson and Stucky 2013.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/coloradostegosaurus_1950.jpgcoloradostegosaurus_1950A postcard showing STegosaurus in the 50shttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/allosaurusstegosaurusdmns.jpgallosaurusstegosaurusdmnsAllosaurus and Stegosaurus mount2021-02-04T16:28:25+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/08/07/a-21st-century-hall-of-mammals-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals08.jpgmammals08hippohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sia-mnh-34244a.jpgThis Alaskan moose group was one of several dioramas dismantled to make way for the new Hall of Mammals.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/nhb-28234.jpgNorthern white rhinos collected during the Roosevelt expedition. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sia-mnh-200.jpgPhoto courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sia-mnh-429.jpgAfrican ungulates in the 1959 World of Mammals exhibit. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sia-2003-39140_wk-e1501954936830.jpg2003-39140.tifThe Hall of Mammals upon its opening in 2003. Photo by John Steiner, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals06.jpgmammals06phylogeny areahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals09.jpgmammals09juxtapositionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals02.jpgmammals02taxidermy apple storehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals04.jpgmammals04bears2021-01-21T17:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/12/26/ten-years/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2019-05-30-at-2.58.34-pm.jpgScreen Shot 2019-05-30 at 2.58.34 PMI recognize those skeletons, but not their arrangement.2021-02-10T22:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/11/20/telling-sues-story-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/knightsue.jpgknightsuewell obviouslyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4531.jpgIMG_4531screenshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_6827.jpgIMG_6827The staggered screens recall the ribs and vertebrae of the fossil skeleton.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_2631.jpgIMG_2631trivia gamehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4544.jpgIMG_4544SUE's skeleton is visible through the translucent scrim wall, and we made sure the fleshed-out reconstruction was posed and scaled to line up perfectly. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_9842.jpgIMG_9842Life-sized model on temporary displayhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_2555.jpgIMG_2555In this part of the show, lighting up all the real fossilshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4527.jpgIMG_4527Sue with scrimhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_0306.jpgIMG_0306https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_1350.jpgIMG_1350Putting Sue back up2020-11-24T22:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/26/framing-fossil-exhibits-phylogeny/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/54amnh_mammalteeth.jpg54amnh_mammalteethNeat comparison of mammal teeth. Too bad there's no obvious label.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_bison.jpgamnh_bisonCows and broken videoshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_tyrannosaurus6-e1424200518324.jpgamnh_tyrannosaurus6Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, American Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_edentata.jpgamnh_edentataedentates aren't realhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_ornithiscians2.jpgamnh_ornithiscians2path disappears among dinosaurshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_earlyverts1.jpgamnh_earlyverts1follow the path for now2020-08-06T16:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/07/26/rethinking-evolving-planets-triassic-gallery/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/triassiccasts.jpgtriassiccastshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/triassiclandform.jpgtriassiclandformhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/triassicoverview.jpgtriassicoverviewNew Triassichttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_3613.jpgIMG_3613sketchhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/triassicold.jpgtriassicold2020-07-27T02:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/01/25/the-new-peabody-what-to-expect/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/eofawo4ucaag28f.jpegEOfaWO4UcAAG28flast week standinghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/peabodymap-1-1.jpgpeabodymapMap of the YPM galleries as they are currently arranged. North is right.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/peabodymap.jpgpeabodymapA Map of the Peabody Museum exhibit halls as they are currently arranged. North is up.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/04.02.jpg04.02The Hall of Mammalian Evolution in 2014. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscn8887.jpgdscn8887photo by Wedelhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ecdyt5axyaii4ag.jpegDavid Skelley, via twitterhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/central-gallery-north-view-reduced-wm.jpgCentral-Gallery-North-View-reduced-wmhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ypmgreathall2023_render1.jpgypmgreathall2023_render1reverse anglehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ypmgreathall2023_ss2.pngypmgreathall2023_ss2low angle2023-05-13T09:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/06/15/displaying-the-tyrant-king-redux/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_2462.jpgIMG_2462SUE the T. rex in their not-quite-finished throne room.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_3579.jpgIMG_3579SUE's new digs combine immersive media with elegant and austere design language. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2484.jpgimg_2484not quite finished Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2744.jpgimg_2744Rendered SUE. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_2633.jpgIMG_2633Photo by the authorhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_2695.jpgIMG_2695Photo by John Weinstein. Copyright Field Museum.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2-sue-in-25a-c2a9-2018-field-museum-photo-by-john-weinstein.jpg2. SUE in 25A © 2018 Field Museum, photo by John WeinsteinThe remounted SUE was completed in summer 2018. Photo by John Weinstein, copyright Field Museum 2018.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_1387.jpgIMG_1387suehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dancindenverrex.jpgdancindenverrexshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_0550.jpegIMG_0550The mid-sized reconstruction in this family group at LACM incorporates Garbani's juvenile T. rex fossils.2025-05-10T10:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/06/10/black-lives-matter/2020-06-16T14:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/07/17/the-osborn-problem/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/amnh1920s.jpgamnh1920sgreat dinosaur hall https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/osbornportrait.jpgiosborn001p1Henry Fairfield Osborn.2025-05-07T21:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/08/13/the-diplodocus-seen-around-the-world/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cm_15.jpgcm_15Original Diplodocushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/laplatadip.jpglaplatadipLa platahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dip_stpetersburgh.jpgdip_stpetersburghSt. Petersburghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dip_mexico.jpgdip_mexicohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dip_london_2014.jpgdip_london_20141st cast in spot of honor https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/vernalfieldhouse.jpgvernalfieldhousegoofy vernal field house concrete casthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/diplodocus_nocopyright.jpgdiplodocus_nocopyright2023-04-15T09:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/01/27/clash-of-the-texas-fossil-exhibits-hmns/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-10.jpg06.10Pretty ammonites with donor names prominently displayed send the wrong message. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06-05.jpg06.05Quetzalcoatlushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9-10.jpg9.10action!https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/05-13.jpg05.13stan and lanehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-04-e1453388823672.jpg02.04gorgeous but what does it meanhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-10.jpg04.10label your damn castshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-04.jpg04.04white walls and art gallery format2020-04-23T01:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/08/11/a-21st-century-hall-of-mammals-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammalsworkshop-e1502231409271.jpgmammalsworkshophttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals11.jpgmammals11Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mammals05.jpgmammals05This paca scratching itself behind the earhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04-00148ph032.jpg04-00148PH032water hole full of screens and special effects adds motion to static animals.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/reichpetchmammals.jpgreichpetchmammalsentry2020-03-26T18:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/10/30/bully-for-camarasaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cm_14-e1428433911446.jpgcm_14aesshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/peabodybrontosaurus_bw.jpgpeabodybrontosaurus_bwA postcardhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/marshbrontosaurus2.jpgmarshbrontosaurus2Marsh's Brontosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/brontoskulls-e1414005765847.jpgbrontoskullsCounterclockwise from top: https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/replacingamnhhead-e1413747950370.jpgA young Mark Norellhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1655.jpgIMG_1655Weird sculpted skullhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/carnegiebrontosaurus.jpgdiplodocus-left_apatosaurus-right-with-wrong-head-1934Carnegie Museum Brontosaurus circa 1934. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/amnhbrontosaurus1959.jpgAMNH BrontosaurusThis is not a Camarasaurus skull.2021-01-01T17:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2020/01/15/retiring-dinosaur-mounts-at-the-yale-peabody-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/centrosauruslull1933.pngcentrosauruslull1933from lull 1933https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/03.05.jpg03.05claosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/03.04.jpg03.04Monocloniushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/02.02.jpg02.02Camarasaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/02.05.jpg02.05Camptosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ypmgreathall2023_ss1.pngypmgreathall2023_ss1render of the new hallhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/02.01.jpg02.01ypm in 20142020-01-16T15:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/07/20/extinct-monsters-the-mammals/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/deeptimemammoth.pngdeeptimemammothdeep time mammothhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4-051.jpg4-05Pleistocene section of the new National Fossil Hall. Concept art on display in the Last American Dinosaurs exhibit at NMNH.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mammals03.jpgmammals03Chimera mammothhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mammals02.jpgmammals02Eremotherium today. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mammals01.jpgmammals01This brontothere was one of 42 mammal mounts.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_0059.jpgIMG_0059da whalehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/artsandindustries1.jpgartsandindustries1Exhibits like this one at USNM were deemed incomprehensible and inspired early reformhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_0057.jpgIMG_0057This Megaloceroshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/nmnh_groundslothconstruction.pngnmnh_groundslothconstructionEremotherium under cosntruction.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/artsandindustries_1880s.jpgartsandindustries_1880sCasts of Megatherium and Hadrosaurus are visible in this image of the South East Court of the original USNM. Photo from www.150.si.edu.2019-11-23T15:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/01/08/extinct-monsters-murals-and-dioramas/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/g.08.jpgg.08Oligocene and early Miocene muralshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/triassicdiorama.jpgtriassicdioramaTriassic dioramahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/triassicmodels.jpgtriassicmodelsDeaton mailed these slides of his unpainted models to Hotton for approval. Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kishancientseas.jpgkishancientseasCenozoichttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/quetzal2014.jpgquetzal2014https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/quetzalcoatlusprogress.jpgquetzalcoatlusprogresshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/c-11.jpgc.11https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/afterthedinosaurs1.jpgExtinct Monsters: Murals and Dioramashttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dioramajurassic2.jpgdioramajurassic2Jurassic diorama by Norman Deaton. Source: flickr.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dioramajurassic1.jpgdioramajurassic1Jurassic diorama.2024-09-09T05:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2019/09/09/dinosaurs-at-the-cincinnati-museum-center/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4798.jpgIMG_4798modelhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4769.jpgIMG_4769apatosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4790.jpgIMG_4790closer lookhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4826.jpgIMG_4826daspletoshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4858.jpgIMG_4858Torvohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4949.jpgIMG_4949diplodocushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_4751.jpgIMG_4751entryhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0813.jpgIMG_0813dedhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0796.jpgIMG_0796iceagehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_0790.jpgIMG_0790sloth and whatnot2020-04-10T19:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/diplodocus-and-camarasaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dt_jurassic03.jpgdt_jurassic03Camarasaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/guardiandiplodocus.jpgguardiandiplodocusA high angle on Diplodocus. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/atl_diplodocus.jpgatl_diplodocusdiphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/e-08.jpge-08Camarasaurus usnmhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jurassicislandconcept2019.jpgjurassicislandconcept2019Jurassic Island 2k192019-08-26T15:11:23+00:00weekly0.6https://extinctmonsters.net/2015/04/28/permo-triassic-synapsids-at-nmnh/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dt_permian03.jpgdt_permian03Updated Platypodosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/southafricapermian63.jpgsouthafricapermian63Hotton's display of South African synapsids and amphibians. Note baby dollhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/daptocephalusbrettsurman-e1493758347953.jpgdaptocephalusbrettsurmanDaptocephalus on display. Photo byhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/daptocepahlus1.jpgdaptocepahlus1Daptocephalushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dimetrodon1960s.jpgdimetrodon1960sdimetrodon https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dimetrodonexmon.jpgdimetrodonexmonDimetrodon first displaed on north wallhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/adaptocephalusleonicepsusnm299746ll1.jpgADaptocephalusleonicepsUSNM299746LL1Photo by Christian Kammererhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/16.jpg16Thrinraxodon with Cynognathus skullhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dimetrodon.jpgdimetrodonNote short tailhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/15.jpg15USNM 8635, a handsome non-dinosaur. Photo by the author.2019-08-21T15:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/01/14/framing-fossil-exhibits-a-walk-through-time/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/i-04.jpgi.04Exhibit designers deliberately made the path to the exit much more obvious in the second half of Evolving Planet. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/h-01.jpgh.01The story of human evolution is relegated to a cul-de-sac late in the exhibit. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/e-03.jpge.03Once we reach the Permian, the fossils can start to speak for themselves. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/d-06.jpgd.06Each geological time period in Evolving Planet is color-coded. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/d-07.jpgd.07A panoramic CGI recreation of the Burgess Shale fauna brings small, easily overlooked fossils to life.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fmnh_lifeevolves.jpgfmnh_lifeevolveseghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fmnh_iceage.jpgfmnh_iceageBreezy spaces in hte Quaternary gallery.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fmnh_permian.jpgfmnh_permianPermian room. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fmnh_ornithopods.jpgfmnh_ornithopodsThe thesis of Evolving Earth is unmissable. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fmnhburgessvideo.jpgfmnhburgessvideoCGI Burgess Shale creatures are a hit. Source2019-07-23T21:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/the-marsh-dinosaurs-cretaceous/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3689.jpgIMG_3689Look closely at the latest Hatcher cast and you'll see crushed ribs, a broken horn, and that its head is no longer attached to its bodyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3793.jpgIMG_3793edmnhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_2135.jpgIMG_2135https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nhb2017-00021.jpgHatcherhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/creta02.jpgcreta02Edmontosaurus. Photo by Will S.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nedoceratops_blackbg.jpegNedoceratops hatcheriNedoceratopshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/edmontosaurus.jpegedmontosaurusThe Edmontosaurus was positioned an inaccessible 20 feet in the air from 1981 to 2014. Photo courtesy of the Department of Paleobiology.2019-07-19T13:44:47+00:00weekly0.6https://extinctmonsters.net/2019/06/14/deep-time-is-a-masterpiece/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_cenozoic20.jpgdt_cenozoic20these guys rulehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_quaternary03.jpgdt_quaternary03Good thing that glass is there or we'd be in a real pickle.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_quaternary01.jpgdt_quaternary01slothhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_cenozoic04.jpgdt_cenozoic04Menocerashttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_permian07.jpgdt_permian07Dimetrodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_jurassic11.jpgdt_jurassic11facing west at Diplodocushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3795.jpgIMG_3795Wander among time periodshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dt_bridge02.jpgdt_bridge02the bridgehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4257-1.jpgIMG_4257jurassic dioramahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4301-1.jpgIMG_4301the three centerpieces2019-08-14T11:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/11/06/looking-back-at-fossils-history-of-life/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/allosaurus1.jpgAllosaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-30.jpgTeleoceras and Stegomastodon.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-29.jpgMammals in the Limelight, north end.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-28.jpgBrontotherium and Trigonias.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-27.jpgHoplophoneus, Stenomylus, and Miniochoerus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-26.jpgUintatherium and Sabalites.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-25.jpgMammals in the Limelight, south end.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-24.jpgHyracotherium.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-23.jpgNew Triceratops exhibit.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nmnh-hol-22.jpgTriassic diorama.2021-02-16T19:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/04/03/history-of-the-amnh-fossil-halls-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brontosaurus88.jpg3776.tifThe Brontosaur Hall in 1988.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mammals1982.jpg5218.tifThe Hall of Advanced Mammals in 1982 - some sections were boarded up but remaining exhibits were virtually unchanged from the turn of the century. Photo courtesy of the AMNH Research Library.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1988-2-e1511291017515.jpg3772.tifThe Cretaceous - or Tyrannosaur - Hall opened inhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/04amnh_earlyverts4.jpg04amnh_earlyverts4hall of verhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/19amnh_apatosaurus2.jpg19amnh_apatosaurus2Apatosaurus remounthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_19951.jpgamnhmap_1995https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_19561.jpgamnhmap_1956https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_19391.jpgamnhmap_19392019-01-24T22:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2019/01/14/making-the-third-planet/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_hellcreek2.jpgmpm_hellcreek2hell creek from abovehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_ordovicianreef.jpgmpm_ordovicianreefordovician reefhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_torosaurus.jpgmpm_torosaurusTorosaurus has a huge head.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2194.jpgimg_2194Stegohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_coalforeststego.jpgmpm_coalforeststegoStegosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_iceage.jpgmpm_iceageHistoric mastodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_cave.jpgmpm_caveLimestonehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_hellcreek1.jpgmpm_hellcreek1Milwaukee Public Museumhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mpm_thirdplanetmap.jpgmpm_thirdplanetmapMap of The Third Planet from a 1980s student worksheet.2021-07-17T19:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/03/08/history-of-the-field-museum-fossil-halls-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f-041.jpgf.04whttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/e-04.jpge.04whttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/h-05.jpgh.05Karen Carr art fills in gaps in classic Knight pieceshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/e-01.jpge.01Timeline moments and consistent iconographyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/lotpermiansynapsids.jpglotpermiansynapsidsPermian clusterhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f-04.jpgf.04Apatosarus 2k15https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/apatosaurus_peterson.jpgapatosaurus_petersonApatosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/triceratops_todd.jpgtriceratops_toddnew triceratopshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/i-01.jpgi.01old riggs mounts, new sloth, charles knighthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/b-11.jpgb.11main hall brachiosaurus2018-10-15T15:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/01/07/history-of-the-field-museum-fossil-halls-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/megatherium-700x9961.jpgMegatherium-700x9961from don gluts dinosaurs https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/a-01.jpga.01fossilshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mammotholdfield-e1451588305968.jpgmammotholdfieldLife-sized mammoth https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/apatosaurushist-e1451587965792.jpgapatosaurushistapatosaurus revisedhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hall37_1930s.jpghall37_1930shall 37https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a-06.jpga.06A postcard of the north end of Hall 38, featuring a South American giant sloth and other Cenozoic mammals.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a-07.jpga.07hall 38 mastodon https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a-05.jpga.05hall 382022-01-22T15:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/09/30/the-national-fossil-hall-rejects/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gidley1921stegomastodon.jpggidley1921stegomastodonStegomastodon with https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/6213367486_6a99afbb61_b.jpg6213367486_6a99afbb61_befwewfwefwehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brachyceratops2016.jpgBrachyceratops montanensis Gilmore or Styracosaurus sp. SpecimenBrachyceratops/Rubeosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/goodbyeparamylodon.pnggoodbyeparamylodonCollections staff https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/55.jpg55Stegomastodon in 2014. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5-21nmnh-059-e1475171749868.jpg5-21nmnh-059Triceratops skullhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5-21nmnh-069.jpg5-21nmnh-069Edmontosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5-21nmnh-106.jpg5-21nmnh-106Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0045.jpgimg_0045Diadectes. Photo by the author.2018-10-09T17:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/07/14/more-real-than-real-leon-walters-celluloid-process/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1736.jpgIMG_1736Walters' celluloid acetate northern white rhino. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1769.jpgIMG_1769Caimanhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1770.jpgIMG_1770Walters' cellulose acetate gila monster. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_1779.jpgIMG_1779Babirusahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/waltersgorillahand.jpgwaltersgorillahandhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hippocast.jpghippocastCasting a hippo2018-09-28T17:21:41+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/07/11/extinct-monsters-history-of-paleobiology-at-the-smithsonian/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4-02.jpg4.02This photo collage gives a general idea of the look of the new National Fossil Hall, although the poses and positions of the mounts are not final.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4-071.jpg4-07Mesozoic section of the new National Fossil Hall. Concept art on display in the Last American Dinosaurs exhibit at NMNH.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/4-061.jpg4-06Cenozoic section of the new National Fossil Hall. Concept art on display in the Last American Dinosaurs exhibit at NMNH. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1981renovation.jpgDiplodocushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/natfossilhall.jpgnatfossilhallartists conception2018-08-17T19:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/06/11/building-gorgeous-george/2018-09-23T19:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/04/22/one-year-to-deep-time/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/46.jpgOphiacodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_odobenocetops.jpgnewsroundup_odobenocetopsOdobenocetopshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_irishelk-e1520701526131.jpgnewsroundup_irishelkMegeloceroshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_mammoth.jpgnewsroundup_mammothmammothhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_edmontosaurus.jpgnewsroundup_edmontosaurusedmontosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_stegosaurus.jpgnewsroundup_stegosaurussteggyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/newsroundup_hallrestored.jpgnewsroundup_hallrestoredrestored!2018-04-27T02:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/03/27/tyler-keillors-new-tyrannosaurs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dunndrypto10.jpegdunndrypto10male dryptohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image1.jpegimage1more clinthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image2.jpegimage2clinthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dunndrypto06.jpegdunndrypto06very crowdedhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dunndrypto01.jpegdunndrypto01dunn drypto2019-01-04T21:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/03/10/paleontology-exhibits-of-california-part-3/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd251.jpgsd25I've never seen a walk-through diorama of an Eocene rainforest before, and I don't know why not!https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd18.jpgsd18walrushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd34.jpgsd34dinoshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd22.jpgsd22gibbonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd36.jpgsd36Alectopeltahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0959.jpgIMG_0959coolhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sd03.jpgsd03cool exhibit in an awkward spacehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0973.jpgIMG_0973Valley of the Mastodons special exhibit.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0935.jpgIMG_0935Permanant exhibit at Western Science Center.2021-07-29T17:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/03/01/paleontology-exhibits-of-california-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_89441.jpgIMG_8944futurehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_0628.jpgIMG_0628https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_8867.jpgIMG_8867tiktaalikhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_8853.jpgIMG_8853camoolshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_8824.jpgIMG_8824being stupidhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_8821.jpgIMG_8821student storieshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0644-1.jpgIMG_0644 (1)showy stuffhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0650.jpgIMG_0650alf fronoot d2018-03-08T21:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/02/24/paleontology-exhibits-of-california-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm48.jpglacm48grasslandhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm38.jpglacm38Struthiomimus and friendshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm03.jpglacm03Triceratops and Mamenchisaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm17.jpglacm17Check out that metal workhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm44.jpglacm44https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm41.jpglacm41the mammal hall is betterhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/labreahorseskull.jpglabreahorseskulllook at that Poebrotherium https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lacm19.jpglacm19It's pretty, I'll give you that.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/labreabirds.jpglabreabirdsIncredible bird mountshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panthera.jpgpantherapanthera2019-07-29T13:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/12/11/was-the-hawkins-hadrosaurus-real/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hadrosaurusafter1876-e1449863734132.jpghadrosaurusafter1876Photo from Weishampel and Young 1996.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stonelull_1-26-25.jpgstonelull_1.26.25courtesyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/matthewlull_1-30-25.jpgmatthewlull_1.30.25Courtesy2018-01-09T04:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/06/28/the-nmnh-fossil-halls-circa-1963/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sia-mnh-1133_znhlab.jpgMNH-1133CLose up of Thescelosaurus on the south wall.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/carboniferous63.jpgcarboniferous63Carboniferoushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c-04.jpgc.04https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_6489.jpgIMG_6489https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c-02.jpgc.02modernization hall 2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/orohippusnmnh.jpgorohippusnmnhOrohippushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1963_rear.png1963_rearDinosaurs in Hall 2, as seen facing west. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0012.jpgIMG_0012Edicurian sea phthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/echinoderms1961.jpgechinoderms1961Echinoderms. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nmnhmegatherium.jpgnmnhmegatheriumGazin's Megatherium in their current position in the NMNH ice age gallery.2018-01-08T19:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/12/10/extinct-monsters-basilosaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/basilosaurushall5ver1.jpgMNH-736ADuring the 1960s and 70s, Basilosaurus occupied a case in the fossil mammal exhibit in Hall 5. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/basilosaurusver1.jpgMNH-28533Basilosaurus as the centerpiece of the "Hall of Extinct Monsters" sometime before 1930. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/10-6.jpg10.6The historic Basilosaurus at NMNH. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0059.jpgIMG_0059in ocean hall2018-01-08T17:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2018/01/05/return-to-the-dinosphere/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8413.jpgIMG_8413lazendorf collectionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image1-1.jpegimage1 (1)shiny?https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image3-1.jpegimage3 (1)mastodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image4-1.jpegimage4 (1)Radhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8315.jpgIMG_8315Gorgosaurus and Maiasaurahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/alamosaurus.jpgalamosaurusAlamosaurus statues by Gary Staab.2018-01-06T04:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/12/10/the-great-mammoth-of-lincoln/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/moutingarchie.jpgmoutingarchiewell dressedhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/archiearchway.jpg1525 E H Barbour, c.1925https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/archiestatue.jpgarchiestatuestatuehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/archieleftwall.jpgarchieleftwallleft walllhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/elephanthall.jpgelephanthallElephant hall!https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/benarchie2010.jpgbenarchie2010A more gracile version of the author. Photo by inlilac.2020-10-15T18:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/03/27/history-of-the-amnh-fossil-halls-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ancestry1929-e1511290712555.jpgancestry1929"Ancestry of Man" case in the Hall of the Age of Man, 1929.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_18912.jpgamnhmap_1891https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_19221.jpgamnhmap_1922maphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/amnhmap_19051.jpgamnhmap_1905maphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ageofmammals-e1427395886103.jpgageofmammalsHall of Fossil Mammals, around 1906.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/library01.jpglibrary01geology hall with moahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/supermanatamnh1985-2.jpgsupermanatamnh1985-2superman with t rexhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/supermanatamnh1985.jpgsupermanatamnh1985Superman visits AMNHhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slothhall1911.jpg35517.tifsloth group 1911https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jurassic_1940s.jpgjurassic_1940sbrown's jurassic hall2025-04-22T21:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/10/11/national-fossil-day-2017/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/alamosaurus.jpgalamosaurusFossils are cool: Alamosaurus and Tyrannosaurus at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pefo2016.jpgpefo2016The painted desert at Petrified Forest National Park.2023-04-25T06:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/04/13/displaying-the-tyrant-king-part-3/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pod004jpg-size-custom-crop-1086x724.jpgThe Nation's T. rexhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nationstrexceremony.jpgnationstrexceremonyNMNH Director Kirk Johnson, https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-11.jpg4.11Original skull of Sue the T. rex, displayed on the upper mezzanine. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mor555rom.jpgmor555romMOR 55https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bronzewankelrex.jpgbronzewankelrexBronze cast of MORhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nationsrex05.jpgnationsrex05special fedex truckhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fieldmusuemsue.jpgfieldmusuemsuefinal sue mounthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/suecast1.jpgsuecastCast of sue from traveling exhibithttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sueanimalkingdom.jpgsueanimalkingdomSue at Disney World2017-09-30T22:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/04/06/displaying-the-tyrant-king-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/06-03.jpg06.03Tyrannosaurus versus Denversaurus at the Houston Museum of Nature and Science. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dinosphere_buckystan-e1434657834726.jpgdinosphere_buckystanOriginal Bucky skeleton paired with a Stan cast at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cm_35.jpgcm_35Old meets newhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/27amnh_tyrannosaurus3.jpg27amnh_tyrannosaurus3AMNH 5027 was restored and remounted in 1995.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dinosphere2.jpgdinosphere2Bucky and Stan cast at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/choruslinerex.jpgchoruslinerexCast https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tyrannosaurusamnh_modern.jpgT. RexAMNH 5027 was modernized in 1995.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/blackbeauty_royaltyrell.jpgblackbeauty_royaltyrellRTMP 81.6.1, aka Black Beauty, mounted in relief at the Royal Tyrell Museum. Source.2017-09-30T21:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/04/02/displaying-the-tyrant-king-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/amnhgodzillarex.jpgamnhgodzillarexThe original Tyrannosaurus rex mount at the American Museum of Natural History. Photo from Dingus 1996.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/amnh_rex_model.pngamnh_rex_modelModel of unrealized T. rex showdown mount from Osborn 1913.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cmnh_tyrannosaurus_historidc.jpgcmnh_tyrannosaurus_historidcCarnegie Museum of Natural History. Photo from NPR.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0996.jpgIMG_0996Skull cast of MOR 555, soon to be "The Nation's T. rex", at NMNH. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tyrannosaurus_amnh_photo1937.jpg315293.tifThe original Tyrannosaurus rex mount at the American Museum of Natural History. Photo courtesy of the AMNH Research Library.2017-09-30T18:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/06/18/a-tour-of-dinosaur-park/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/muralcenter.jpgmuralcenterpart of the muralhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dinomuralsmall.jpgdinomuralsmall1/2 muralhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026One of the new signs. Blame me for any typos.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_0040muralhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0013.jpgDSC_0013main signhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024excavatinghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2670.jpgIMG_2670backyard dinosaurshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2739.jpgIMG_2739nmnh materialhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0400.jpgDSC_0400astrodon signhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0426.jpgDSC_0426fossil fest 22017-10-05T17:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/06/14/do-fossil-exhibits-have-too-many-dinosaurs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/map_lacm-e1486503343880.jpgmap_lacmlacmhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/map_cm.jpgmap_cmcarnegiehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/map_fmnh.jpgmap_fmnhhall space at fmnhhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/map_amnh.jpgmap_amnhgallery usage at amnhhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/map_nmnh-e1486498854925.jpgmap_nmnhUse of gallery space in the old, retired NMNH galleries.2017-08-09T09:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/11/15/first-full-sized-dinosaurs-from-crystal-palace-to-hadrosaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hadrostudio.jpghadrostudioHawkin's studiohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hadrosaurus_modern.jpghadrosaurus_modernAll known Hadrosaurus fossils, presently on display at the Academy of Natural Sciences. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fieldmuseumhadrosaurus.jpgfieldmuseumhadrosaurusHadrosaurus cast on display at the Field Museum. Field Museum Photo Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iguanodon_crystal_palace.jpgIguanodon_Crystal_PalaceRecently restored Iguanodon sculptures. Wikimedia Commons.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sydenham_studio.jpgSydenham_studioThe Crystal Palace dinosaurs under construction in Hawkin's studio. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bucklandmegalosaurus.jpgbucklandmegalosaurusThe partial jaw of Megalosaurus, the first named dinosaur.2020-09-04T18:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/03/29/extinct-monsters-at-psw/2017-03-29T18:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2017/03/08/jurassic-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/agathaumasknight.jpgAgathaumasknightCharles Knight's 1897 Agathaumas painting. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hailtothechief.jpghailtothechiefY'know, this scene. (Universal).https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thelostworldagathaumas.jpgthelostworldagathaumasWillis O'Brien's Triceratops and Agathaumas models. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jp5museum.jpgjp5museumTeaser image for Jurassic Park 5, via Colin Trevorrow/Universal.2017-03-11T06:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/fossil-mount-faqs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/02-01.jpg02-01https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/e-07.jpge-07https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/03-03.jpg03-03https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/e-09.jpge-09https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/a-02.jpga-02Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/morrilhallcamel.jpgmorrilhallcamelGiant Ice Age camel at University of Nebraska State Museumhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/peabodydinosaurhall.jpgpeabodydinosaurhallYale Peabody Museumhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nmnhstego_remounting.jpgnmnhstego_remountingstegohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0023.jpgIMG_0023not a casthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/t-rex_exhibit_philadelphia.jpgT-rex_exhibit_PhiladelphiaThis Tyrannosaurus at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is a cast of the original skeleton on display in New York. Source2017-01-19T17:26:25+00:00weekly0.6https://extinctmonsters.net/2014/02/20/extinct-monsters-brachyceratops/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0850.jpgIMG_0850The Brachyceratops mount today. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brachyceratops_montanensis.jpgBrachyceratops_montanensisThe Brachyceratops mount today. Photo by WikiMedia user Claire H.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brachyceratopsbonelist.pngbrachyceratopsbonelistGilmore's helpful listhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brachyceratopsfig2.jpgbrachyceratopsfig2pretty arthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/norman_ross_brachyceratops_mount-1.jpgNorman_Ross_Brachyceratops_mount (1)Norman Boss Brachyceratops courtesy Smithsonian archiveshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brachytricerusnm.jpgbrachytricerusnmwoo triceratops2016-12-29T17:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/05/04/the-other-marsh-dinosaurs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thescrci2.jpgthescrci2closeuphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/thescrci.jpgthescrcihttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/allosaurusskullprep.jpgallosaurusskullprepArnold Lewis rebuilds the Allosaurus skull in 1979. Image from Thomson 1985.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/171.jpg17allosaurus https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thescelosaurusgilmore.jpgthescelosaurusgilmoreGilmore's illustrationhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/allosauruslegs-e1430415487248.jpgallosauruslegsAllosaurus legshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thescelosaurusneglectus.jpgThescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore, 1913Thescelosaurus at USNM.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/antrodemusgilmore1.jpgantrodemusgilmoreAllosaurus skull as reconstructed by Norman Boss. Image from Gilmore 1920.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/allosaurus2.jpgallosaurus2Allosaurus close uphttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/allosaurus1.jpgallosaurus1The complete Allosaurus skeleton was finally exhibited in 1981. Photo by the author.2016-12-28T22:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/09/23/extinct-monsters-the-marsh-dinosaurs-part-ii/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/5-21nmnh-075.jpg5.21nmnh 075Roadkill stegohttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_2734.jpgIMG_2734The retired plaster skulls of the original Camptosaurus mounts. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/stegoandcampto2014.jpgstegoandcampto2014Cast of Stegosaurus and Camptosaurus. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ceratosaurus2014.jpgceratosaurus2014The delicate arms of Ceratosaurus were removed several years prior to the hall’s closing. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/newcamptosaurus.jpgnewcamptosaurusThis cast replaced the original Camptosaurus mount in 2010. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nmnhstegotrio.jpgnmnhstegotrioStegosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nmnhceratosaurus.jpgnmnhceratosaurusThe Ceratosaurus holotype was on display at NMNH until April 2014.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/camptosaurus_new.jpgcamptosaurus_newThis updated Camptosaurus was introduced in 2010. Image from Backyard Dinosaurs.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/camptosaurus_old.jpgcamptosaurus_oldhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/extinctmonsters_1930.jpgextinctmonsters_1930The Camptosaurus mounts were originally placed in the rear of the Hall of Extinct Monsters. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.2016-12-28T22:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/12/21/phylogenetics-is-moon-man-talk/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/vertebrateboxdiagram.jpgvertebrateboxdiagrambetter than a treehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/oversimplifiedphylogeny.jpgoversimplifiedphylogenyA grotesquely oversimplified, yet largely effective, way to communicate basic vertebrate phylogeny. 2018-01-24T23:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/11/08/the-hidden-rhomaleosaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0081.jpgdsc_0081Hall overviewhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rhomaleosaurus_preplab1913.jpgrhomaleosaurus_preplab1913USNM prep lab 1913https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rhomaleosaurus_london.jpgrhomaleosaurus_londonRhomaleosaurus cast at the London Museum of Natural History.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rhomal_ward.jpgrhomal_wardIllustrationhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rhom_msc.jpgrhom_mscRhomaleosaurus cast at the NMNH Museum Support Center.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rhomaleosaurus_holotypeskull.jpgrhomaleosaurus_holotypeskullOriginal Rhomaleosaurus skull, fully prepared in 2006.2016-11-09T15:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/09/13/a-game-changer/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/googlenaturalhistory1.jpggooglenaturalhistory1A great deal of content to be found by the bold.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/googlenaturalhistory3.jpggooglenaturalhistory3yawn, another cgi sauropod. I'd rather see the mount.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/googlenaturalhistory2.jpggooglenaturalhistory2Somewhere in the Ancient Americas exhibit. 2016-10-05T11:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/08/04/painting-the-ancient-seas/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishposing.pngkishposingkish pretends to painthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmodels2.jpgkishmodels2Kish with pencil sketch, color comprehensive, and models.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmuralcenozoic-e1470164590210.jpgDetail of Kish Ancient Seas Mural, Hall of PaleobiologyArt by Eleanor Kish. Copyright Smithsonian Institution.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmuralsharks-e1470164552329.jpgDetail of Kish Ancient Seas Mural, Hall of PaleobiologyArt by Eleanor Kish. Copyright Smithsonian Institution.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmodels.jpgkishmodelsKish making modelshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmuralcretaceous.jpgkishmuralcretaceousArt by Eleanor Kish. Copyright Smithsonian Institution.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kishmuraldunk.jpgkishmuraldunkDunkleosteus. Art by Eleanor Kish. Copyright Smithsonian Institution.2020-09-27T23:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/07/27/revisting-the-ancient-seas/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/permianreef.jpgpermianreefThe Permian reef at the Midland Petroleum Museum. I stupidly never took a picture of the NMNH version.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/f-07.jpgf.07miocenehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/f-01.jpgf.01asshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/37.jpg37Tylosaurus photo by the authorhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dolichorhynchopsclark.jpgdolichorhynchopsclarkDolichorhynchops from Montana, mounted by Arnie Lewis. Photo by Chip Clark.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ancientseasconcept2.jpgancientseasconcept2concept 2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ancientseasconcept1.jpgancientseasconcept1concept 1https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1987map.jpg1987map1987 map2016-08-05T19:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/06/14/meeting-the-titanosaur/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/amnhtitanosaur.jpgamnhtitanosaurthe bastardhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6223.jpgIMG_6223he peekinhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_6239.jpgIMG_6239It be bighttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/titanosaurtimessquare.jpgtitanosaurtimessquareTitanosaur was even advertised in times square. Source2016-06-24T15:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/06/01/book-review-life-on-display/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lifeondisplaycover.jpglifeondisplaycoverhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/penguinshallofbirds.jpgoceanic birds or whatever. AMNH 1950shttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dinomationfruita.jpgdinomationfruitaMuseum of Western Colorado: a survivor from the age when goofy animatronic dinosaurs walked the earth.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4882.jpgIMG_4882ocean hall rulez. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4850694301fa9cd59b0fe6aa63468eb5.jpg4850694301fa9cd59b0fe6aa63468eb5Back to basics: a phylogeny-based mollusc exhibit is installed in 1952. Source2016-06-01T19:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/05/19/dispatch-from-seavp2016/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1paleovmnhgroupshot140-5-16e.jpg1PaleoVMNHGroupShot140.5.16eawwhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_04611.jpgDSC_0461An immersivehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0527.jpgDSC_0527Splitting shale at the Solite Fossil Site.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_04741.jpgDSC_0474Acrocanthosaurus is photobombed by some legless mammal.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0498.jpgDSC_0498inspired interactivieshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0519.jpgDSC_0519tanywhatsithttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0531.jpgDSC_0531hokeysaurus at virginia tech2016-06-01T22:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/02/26/amnh-dinosaurs-in-vintage-cartoons/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/trachodongreatdinohall1927.jpggreathallofdinosaursosborn erahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cartoon1.jpgcartoon1original captionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cartoon2.jpgcartoon2original caption2019-07-12T06:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/10/16/the-chimeric-missourium-and-hydrarchos/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hydrarchosmarriedtothesea.gifhydrarchosmarriedtotheseaThis out-of-copyright image of Hydrarchos provides a good look at the mount's wooden armature. Out-of-copyright image via Laelaps.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/missourium.jpgmissouriumMissouriumhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hydrarchos.jpgHydrarchosIllustration of Hydrarchos in New York.2019-03-02T15:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2016/02/01/clash-of-the-texas-fossil-exhibits-pmns/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/04-01.jpg04.01bird evolution!https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02-07.jpg02.07benifethttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/02-01.jpg02.01mosasaur and texas ornithiscianshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-041.jpg04.04perfect bird evolution exhibithttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/03-05.jpg03.05vigniette https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-05.jpg01.05layered boxes instead of cladogramhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/01-03.jpg01.03Life Then and Now2016-02-01T20:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/12/08/beechers-claosaurus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/edmontosaurusgreathall.pngedmontosaurusgreathallIn the great hall of dinosaurshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hadrosaurusiguanodon.jpghadrosaurusiguanodonThe Hawkins Hadrosarus and Dollo Iguanodon. Photos from https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/peabodyedmontosaurus.jpgpeabodyedmontosauruswoo https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1686.jpgIMG_1686Edmontosaurus is surprisingly modernhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/claosaurusmarsh.jpgclaosaurusmarshmarsh's claosaurus2015-12-15T02:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/11/20/amnh-5027-at-100/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/5027at100.jpg5027at100Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rex1960s.jpgImage courtesy of the AMNH Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rexandtriceratopsamnh-e1445965984849.jpgrexandtriceratopsamnhT rex and triceratops in colbert hallhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3098.jpgIMG_3098t rex rarrhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3128.jpgIMG_31285027 in 2015. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/100thann.jpg100thannhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/saurischians1992_1.jpgsaurischians1992_1finished mount, room under construction2025-10-21T20:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/10/02/the-nations-t-rex-revealed/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nationsrex_video1.jpgnationsrex_videoDr. Carrano gestures toward the awesomeness behind him.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2586.jpgIMG_2586Hatcher Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nationvshatcher_model.jpgnationvshatcher_modelA 3-D printed model of the skeleton was used to plan the pose. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nationsrex_workshop.jpgnationsrex_workshopThe Nation's T. rex was temporarily assembled in the RCI workshop for inspection by Smithsonian staff. Source2015-11-25T00:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/03/11/the-carnegie-quarry-diaspora/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/denver-diplodocus.jpegdenver-diplodocusDMNH Diplodocus. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dnmwall.jpgdnmwallDinosaur National Monument interns collect data on the quarry wall.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/barosaurus_rom.jpgbarosaurus_romROM Barosaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camarasaurus_usnm.jpgcamarasaurus_usnmNMNH Camarasaurus. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/allosaurus_both.jpgallosaurus_bothCMNH Allosaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camarasaurus_lentus_-_img_0666.jpgCamarasaurus_lentus_-_IMG_0666Carnegie Camarasaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/apatosaurus_both.jpgapatosaurus_bothCMNHhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stegosaurus_both.jpgstegosaurus_bothCMNH Stegosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dryosaurus_both.jpgdryosaurus_bothModern photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camptosaurus_both.jpgcamptosaurus_bothCMNH Camptosaurus.2015-11-25T00:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/07/10/framing-fossil-exhibits-environmental-change/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10-05.jpg10.05https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10-04.jpg10.04Reichhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10-01.jpg10.01concept arthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/west-cretaceous-1024x573.jpgwest-cretaceous-1024x573looking west https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2013_yale-mammal-hall.jpg2013_Yale-Mammal-Hallmammal hall concept art by Studio Josephhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2013_yale-great-hall.jpg2013_Yale-Great-HallGreat hallhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/03_yale-peabody.jpg03_Yale-Peabodydeinonychus close up by Studio Josephhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cm_43.jpgcm_43Anzu with magnoliahttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cm_26.jpgcm_26jurassic overlookhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cm_05.jpgcm_05Triassic horsetails2021-08-11T22:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/07/16/the-pan-american-expo-triceratops-lives-on/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nhmtweet2.jpgnhmtweet2Hmmhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/panamericantriceratops.jpgpanamericantriceratopsPan American exhibitionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nhmtriceratops.jpgnhmtriceratopsTriceratops at the Natural History Museum, London.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/triceratopsmodelnhm.jpgtriceratopsmodelnhmtweet2022-11-09T08:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/06/08/a-trio-of-tyrants/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/origdinosaurhall.jpgorigdinosaurhallhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/diplodocus_1940s.jpgdiplodocus_1940shttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sharp_naturalhistory_1920_gorgosaurus.jpgSharp_naturalhistory_1920_Gorgosaurusgorgo sternbergihttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/albertosaurus.jpgalbertosaurusalbertosaurus2025-02-08T16:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/05/26/here-comes-jurassic-world/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/monsterspinosaurusjp3.jpgmonsterspinosaurusjp3Something is awry. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jwgyrosphere.jpgjwgyrosphereGyrosphere scene. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/granttriceratops.jpggranttriceratopsA very reasonable reaction to encountering a living Triceratops.2015-06-02T18:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/04/23/fossil-sandboxes-are-terrible/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/arewelearningyet.jpgarewelearningyetAre these kids learning yet? 2018-06-18T05:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/03/17/framing-fossil-exhibits-phylogeny-an-addendum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/31amnh_saurichians1.jpg31amnh_saurichians1who would have thought the base was the hard part?https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/02amnh_vertebratetrail.jpg02amnh_vertebratetrailorientation hall is darkhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/60amnh_mammals1.jpg60amnh_mammals1Advanced Mammalshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/61amnh_horses1.jpg61amnh_horses1ponieshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jurassic_1960s-e1425915246239.jpgjurassic_1960sJurassic hall colbert. Photo from Dingus 1996.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ageofman.jpgageofmanAge of Man2023-11-13T23:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/03/04/real-or-cast-if-only-it-were-that-simple/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/5027allosaurfeet.jpg5027allosaurfeetSculpted feethttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/atlantaargentinosaurus.jpgatlantaargentinosaurusHow much is too much?https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sculptedskulls.jpgsculptedskullsPhotos by the author.2017-08-08T01:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/01/01/beating-the-orthogenetic-horse/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/63amnh_horses2.jpg63amnh_horses2Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mcfaddenhorsephylo2005.jpgmcfaddenhorsephylo2005A modern horse phylogeny. From Macfadden 2005, via Laelaps.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/horseevolution.pnghorseevolutionThis didn't happen.2025-04-28T21:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/12/10/juan-bautista-bru-and-the-first-fossil-mount/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/museonacional_megatheirum.jpgmuseonacional_megatheirumThe original Megatherium fossils have been remounted at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Image from TripAdvisor.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/brumegatherium.jpgbrumegatheriumPlate from Bru's monographhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cuviermegatherium.jpgcuviermegatheriumCuvier's adaptation of Bru's drawing.2015-02-22T20:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/18/missourium-hiding-in-plain-sight/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nhmmammutarmature.pngnhmmammutarmatureArmaturehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mastodon_historic.jpgmastodon_historichistoric photo of mastodonhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mammut_mammalhall.jpgmammut_mammalhallThe mastodon once called Missourium in the Mammal hall. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/missourileviathan.jpgmissourileviathanAn insane illsutration that accompanied Koch's traveling exhibit.2019-09-22T12:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/01/i-have-opinions-about-dippy/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mnhwhale_concept.jpgmnhwhale_conceptThe MNH released this concept art of the new display. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/whalesaretoobig.jpgwhalesaretoobigBlue whale model at AMNH. Photo by the author.2015-02-19T14:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/09/02/in-defense-of-new-museums/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/oceanhall2000s.jpgoceanhall2000sThe new Ocean Hall at NMNH: a $90 million new museum extravaganza. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hunterian1600.jpghunterian1600The Hunterian Museum as it appeared in the 1600s: all of the specimens, not much else.2022-07-28T00:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/09/09/the-calvert-marine-museums-big-foam-shark/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/transition.jpgTransitionHow dinosaur fossils are NOT found. From Dinosaurs: A Prunell magic Pop-Up Book, via LITC.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_0210.jpgIMG_0210And from the front.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_0207.jpgIMG_0207The Carcharocles megalodon at the Calvert Marine Museum.2017-04-27T16:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/11/13/there-are-fake-fossil-mounts-after-all-in-china/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/triceratops_zgdys.jpgtriceratops_zgdys*headdesk*https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/shunosaurus_zgfff.jpgshunosaurus_zgfff"Shunosaurus"https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/spinosaurus_zgfff.jpgspinosaurus_zgfff"Spinosaurus"2015-02-09T19:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/12/26/review-ultimate-dinosaurs-at-the-cincinnati-museum-center/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0013.jpgDPP_0013Carnotaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0012.jpgDPP_0012Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus side by side. Eat it up, internet.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0014.jpgDPP_0014CWC additionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0009.jpgDPP_0009Majungasaurus and Rapetosaurus strike an extreme pose.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0006.jpgDPP_0006Suchomimus peers in from the right, Amargasaurus and https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0002.jpgDPP_0002Visitors were having a hell of a time pronouncing Cryolophosaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dpp_0001.jpgDPP_00012018-03-12T21:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/02/02/so-many-stans/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/discoverystan.pngDiscovery Channel HQDiscovery Channel HQ in Silver Spring, Maryland.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wyomingstan.jpgWyoming Dinosaur CenterWyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sternbergstan.jpgSternberg Museum of Natural HistorySternberg Museum of Natural History in Fort Hays, Kansas.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/oslostan.jpgOslo Natural History MuseumNatural History Museum in Oslo, Norway.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/stantokyo.jpgNational Museum of Natural ScienceNational Museum of Natural Science in Tokyo, Japan.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0014.jpgSmithsonianNational Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/manchesterstan3.jpgManchester MuseumManchester Museum in Manchester, UK.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/phillipinesstan.jpgMind MuseumThe Mind Museum at Taguig in Luzon, the Philippines. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/new-mexico-stan.jpgMuseum of Natural History and ScienceMuseum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kenoshawistan.jpgDinosaur Discovery MuseumDinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin.2015-11-25T00:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/03/17/so-that-hadrosaurus-skull/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kritosaurus.jpgKritosaurusKritosaurus skull at AMNH.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hadrosaurhead1.jpghadrosaurheadHadrosaurus replica skull at Academy of Natural Sciences. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iguanaskulllabel.jpgIguanaSkullLabelLabeled Iguana iguana skull by Udo Savalli.2024-12-27T17:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/03/14/whats-the-deal-with-astrodon/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pleurocoelus-femora.jpgPleurocoelus-femoraPleurocoelus elements. Image from NMNH Backyard Dinosaurs.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/astrodoncompare.jpgastrodoncompareBoth camarasaur and brachiosaur shaped Astrodon reconstructions are equally reasonable. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/astrodonteeth.jpgastrodonteethAstrodon teeth lower left.2023-05-25T22:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/07/16/extinct-monsters-gilmores-diplodocus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diploconstruction.jpgdiploconstructionDiplodocus under construction, ca. 1930. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1960s_front.jpg1960s_frontThe Diplodocus, as it stood from 1963 through 1981. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/carnegiediplodocus.jpgcarnegiediplodocusThe original CMNH Diplodocus mount, in the hall built specifically to accomodate it. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diplodocus_1960s.jpgdiplodocus_1960sDiplodocus in 1961 renovated gallery. Photo from www.billysportcards.com.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gilmorediplodocus_19271.jpggilmorediplodocus_1927Gilmore presents plans for the in-progress Diplodocus mount at the 1927 Conference of the Future of the Smithsonian. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diplodocusmounting_19131.jpgdiplodocusmounting_1913https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diplodocus_1930s.jpgdiplodocus_1930sUSNM 10865 in the Hall of Extinct Monsters, circa 1932. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.2016-09-13T17:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/03/18/a-visit-to-the-academy-of-natural-sciences/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hadrosaurus.jpghadrosaurusOriginal 1868 Hadrosaurus mount.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hadrosaurus2-1000x569.jpgHadrosaurus2-1000x569Original 1868 Hadrosaurus mount. Source: Don Glut's Dinosaurs.2015-02-09T19:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/05/25/a-triceratops-for-lawrence/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0474.jpgIMG_0474Triceratops skull retrieved by the 1895 Wyoming expedition.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0473.jpgIMG_0473The dinosaur case at the KU Natural History Museum, untouched since the 1950s.2021-05-18T17:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/03/26/another-jp4-feathers-post/2022-07-26T03:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/05/05/a-brief-history-of-mounted-dinosaur-skeletons/2015-02-09T19:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/03/15/exhibits-with-an-agenda/2015-02-09T19:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/02/03/wtf-aaa/2015-02-09T19:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/01/20/medullary-bone-and-the-dinosaur-bird-link/2015-02-09T19:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/01/18/science-journalism-no-longer-even-pretending-to-be-educational/2015-02-09T19:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/07/28/jurassic-park-is-awesome-and-a-milestone-for-paleontology/2015-02-09T19:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/07/04/colonialism/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/taftbuffalo.jpgtaftbuffalo2015-02-09T19:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/03/12/85/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/braqui2gregorys-paul.jpghttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/greg_paulquetz_gorg.jpg2018-06-12T14:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/02/23/more-fun-at-the-carnegie-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_2621.jpgImg_26212015-02-09T19:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2010/12/15/more-on-aaafail/2015-02-09T19:32:09+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2010/12/11/hello-world/2015-02-09T19:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/05/18/extinct-monsters-updated/2015-02-09T19:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/06/28/fossilexhibittypes/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1755.jpgIMG_1755peabody mammalshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1982.jpgIMG_1982struggling to contain the dinosaurshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1913.jpgIMG_1913evolving earthhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1946.jpgIMG_1946evolving earthhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1701.jpgIMG_1701peabody mammalshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2616.jpgIMG_2616T. rex stands on a bed of flowers in Dinosaurs in their Time at CMNH. Photo by me.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/peabody-one.jpgpeabody-oneConceptual art of planned renovated dinosaur hall at the Peabody Museum. Source.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hall-of-saurischian-dinosaurs_dynamic_lead_slide.jpghall-of-saurischian-dinosaurs_dynamic_lead_slideAMNH Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. Source.2015-02-09T19:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/08/19/museums-and-the-triceratops-posture-problem-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/digitized_hatcher.jpgdigitized_hatcherdigital hatcherhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/houston_triceratops1.jpghouston_triceratops"Lane" at Houston Museum2023-11-14T22:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/08/25/hello-new-followers/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1648.jpgIMG_1648Apatosaurus and Camarasaurus at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.2015-02-09T19:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/09/12/spinosaurus-at-the-national-geographic-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2371.jpgIMG_2371Spinosaurus!https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2372.jpgIMG_2372https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2365.jpgIMG_2365friendshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2376.jpgIMG_2376https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2341.jpgIMG_2341https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2323.jpgIMG_2323The shrine to Ernst Stromer at the exhibit's entrance. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2330.jpgIMG_2330Reconstruction of the holotype2019-10-25T16:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/10/26/exhibit-review-kenosha-dinosaur-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha6.jpgkenosha6Ceratosaurus sign.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha5.jpgkenosha5Stan and an eagle.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha4.jpgkenosha4Hererrasaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha3.jpgkenosha3Nary an ornithiscian in sight. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha2.jpgkenosha2Acrocanthosaurus.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kenosha1.jpgkenosha1Torvosaurus scratches its jaw.2015-11-25T00:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/11/14/hatcher-stan-and-the-changing-identities-of-fossil-mounts/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10443207_870846872943542_4523641151501717054_o.jpg10443207_870846872943542_4523641151501717054_oStan can be set up in a under an hour. This version was recently displayed at Farmington Museum.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rci_ultimatedinos.jpgrci_ultimatedinosworkshop at RCIhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stanassembly-e1415984163414.jpgstanassemblyReassembling Stan upstairs. Photo by Abby Telfer.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/stan_chipclark.jpgTyrannosaurs rex, Hall of PaleobiologyStan. Photo by Chip Clark.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/exmonst_30s-e1415976108669.jpgexmonst_30sHatcher in Hall of Extinct Monstershttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hatcher_sundaystar.jpghatcher_sundaystarHatcher in Sunday starhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/5-21nmnh-093.jpg5.21nmnh 093Photo by the authorhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hatcher_tempdisplay.jpgHatcher_tempdisplay2015-02-09T19:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/11/24/the-last-american-dinosaurs-has-arrived/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lam01.jpglam01crocshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad08.jpglad08Stan the Tyrannosaurus at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad07.jpglad07paleoarthttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad06.jpglad06Gilmore specimenhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad05.jpglad05new stuffhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad04.jpglad04extinctionhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad03.jpglad03Babieshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lad02.jpglad02Hatcher greets visitors 2015-11-25T00:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/12/23/so-long-diplodocus/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/natfossilhall02.jpgnatfossilhall02A pork chophttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/emptyeastwing.jpgemptyeastwingHall 2 at NMNH, as of December 23, 2014.2015-11-25T00:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/01/02/dinosaurs-on-display-in-2014/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sophiestegosaurus.jpgsophiestegosaurusSophie the Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum in London. Source2015-11-25T00:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/05/installation-art-in-the-service-of-science/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_rotunda6.jpgamnh_rotunda6Different https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/theodore-roosevelt-rotunda.jpgtheodore-roosevelt-rotundaFancy fisheye photo.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amnh_rotunda1.jpgamnh_rotunda1totes awesome2015-02-13T14:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/04/26/the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-dinosaurs-amnh-part-1/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/064.jpg064An interactive display.2014-11-06T16:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/03/12/the-top-seven-dinosaur-mounts-museumdinos/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cmnh_diplodocus.jpgcmnh_diplodocusThe original "Dippy" the Diplodocus at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dmnsstegosaurus.jpgdmnsstegosaurusStegosaurus and Allosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0016.jpgIMG_0016Triceratops at the National Museum of Natural History.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/asturiastrex.jpgasturiastrexTyrannosaurus at Museo Jurasico de Asturias. Sourcehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/img_26021.jpgimg_26021.jpg2015-01-27T19:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/10/15/national-fossil-day-2014/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd9.jpgnfd9Photo byhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd7.jpgnfd7Photo byhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd6.jpgnfd6@nmnhhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpegimagehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image-1.jpegimage (1)Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd3.jpgnfd3https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd2.jpgnfd2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nfd1.jpgnfd12014-10-15T23:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/07/26/exhibit-review-dinosaur-mysteries-at-the-maryland-science-center/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter2.jpgmdsciencecenter2Astrodon and Acrocanthosaurus sculptures with Bored Dad #2. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter1.jpgmdsciencecenter1Dinosaur Mysteries from the second floor. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter6.jpgmdsciencecenter6What used to be called "Dilophosaurus sinensis" and friends. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter5.jpgmdsciencecenter5Full skeleton cast of Peck's Rex, accompanied by skull cast of the Nation's T. rex. Photo by the author.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter4.jpgmdsciencecenter4https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mdsciencecenter3.jpgmdsciencecenter3Birds are dinosaurs, did you know?2014-07-26T22:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/07/04/extinct-monsters-at-nmnh/2014-05-18T20:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/05/09/mount-making-at-mmfc14/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/utahraptor.jpgutahraptorhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/price3.jpgprice3https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/price2.jpgprice2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/price1.jpgprice1https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gaston4.jpggaston4https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gaston3.jpggaston3https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gaston2.jpggaston2https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gaston1.jpggaston12014-05-09T15:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/04/27/fossil-mount-faqs/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fmnhparasaurolophus.jpgfmnhparasaurolophusParasaurolophus2014-04-27T22:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2014/01/01/the-self-indulgent-year-in-review-post/2014-01-01T16:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/08/21/d-c-area-fossils-on-wamu/2013-11-26T14:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/10/14/on-the-colonial-legacy-of-fossil-collections/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/giraffatitan_tendaguru.jpgGiraffatitan_TendaguruExcavation of Giraffatitan fossils in German East Africa (now Tanzania), 1909. Image from Wikipedia.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/berlingiraffatitan.jpgberlingiraffatitanShould the Giraffatitan at Berlin's Museum fur Naturkunde be displayed in Germany? Image from Wikipedia.2013-08-21T16:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/08/06/the-gilmore-models-where-are-they-now/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gilmoreceratosaurus.jpgCeratosaurusCeratosaurushttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gilmoredimetrodon.jpgDimetrodonGilmore's stub-tailed Dimetrodon. Image from Gilmore 1939.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gilmorediplodocusmodel.jpggilmorediplodocusmodelStegosaurus model in plaster of paris. Image courtesy of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gilmoretriceratopsmodel.jpggilmoretriceratopsmodelStegosaurus model in plaster of paris. Image courtesy of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gilmorestegosaurusmodel.jpggilmorestegosaurusmodelStegosaurus model in plaster of paris. Image courtesy of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dr-charles-w-gilmore-e1455129262220.jpgdr-charles-w-gilmoreGilmore with Diplodocus vertebrae.2024-03-11T01:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/06/29/10000-thanks/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p3190118.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-07-18T13:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/05/02/allan-mccollums-fossil-art/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccollumnaturalcopies.jpgmccollumnaturalcopieshttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mccollumlostobjects.jpgmccollumlostobjects"Lost Objects" by Allan McCollum. Image from Art21.2013-05-03T16:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/03/24/fossil-mounts-in-the-museum-environment/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tyrannosaurus_lateral_view.jpgStan NMNHNational Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stan__n_sue_comparison_by_scotthartman-d5yvql0.jpgstan__n_sue_comparison_by_scotthartman-d5yvql0Sue and Stan reconstructions from Scott Hartman's DeviantArt page.2013-03-24T21:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/03/23/drama-and-natural-history/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/zebradioramacmnh.jpgzebradioramacmnhCMNH zebra diorama. Source: amyboemig on flickr.2013-03-24T00:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/04/03/their-hands-were-everywhere-the-morrison-natural-history-museum/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0285.jpg2nd floorSecond floor Cretaceous exhibit.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0274.jpgsauropod trackwayInfant sauropod trackway at MNHM with model of probable trackmaker. https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0261.jpgtheropod signLabel associated with Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus skull casts.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0284.jpgUtahraptor labelhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0291.jpgMarsh IllustrationsOriginal 19th century lithograph prints of fossil illustrations by Marsh's team.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0293.jpg1st FloorThe 1st floor Jurassic exhibit.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0296.jpgMNHM exterior2013-03-19T15:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2013/01/31/scientific-uses-for-fossil-mounts/2013-04-02T06:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/12/23/fossil-mounts-specimens-showpieces-art-and-more/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rockwellbrownbear.jpgrockwellbrownbearRobert Rockwell sculpts the internal model for AMNH's taxidermied brown bear. Source: Scientific American.https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rooseveldtrotunda.jpgrooseveldtrotundaAllosaurus and Barosaurus mount in the Roosevelt rotunda of the American Museum of Natural History. Source: http://www.ourtravelpics.com.2017-09-24T21:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/06/20/communicating-systematics-part-2/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/horse-evolution.gifhorseevolutionThis diagram of the evolutionary history of horses can lead to the mistaken assumption that earlier species are believed directly ancestral to later ones.2012-06-20T02:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2012/06/08/communicating-systematics/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/paraphyly.jpgparaphylyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/haeckeltree.jpghaeckeltreehttps://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cowcladogram.jpgA counter-intuitive cladogramA counter-intuitive cladogram. Subjective similarity does not always mean relatedness.2012-06-08T02:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/12/22/part-3-in-which-ben-gets-to-the-point/2011-12-22T07:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/12/20/part-ii-why-science-blogs-are-neat/2011-12-20T05:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/12/19/scientific-literacy-theyre-doing-it-wrong/2011-12-19T00:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.net/2011/06/30/pictures-from-the-field/https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2648.jpgIMG_2648https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2664.jpgIMG_2664https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2661.jpgIMG_2661https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2655.jpgIMG_2655https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2696.jpgIMG_2696https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2654.jpgIMG_2654https://extinctmonsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_2691.jpgpefo012011-07-04T03:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://extinctmonsters.netdaily1.02026-04-01T04:03:51+00:00