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M'ximo the Titanosaur
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (140+ words) Scientists officially described the titanosaur as a new species and named it in 2017, honoring both the Patagonia region and the Mayo family with Patagotitan mayorum. Our titanosaur cast is based on these fossilized bones, giving a realistic sense of this…...
Dozin' with the Dinos
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (120+ words) All tickets include after-hours admission to ticketed exhibitions, general admission to the museum for the day after your sleepover, an evening snack, and a continental breakfast. Customize your Dozin" with the Dinos experience with one of our packages. All sales…...
This ancient plant-eater had a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (245+ words) Even for its time, Tanyka was a "living fossil" from a lineage that scientists thought had already gone extinct In a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers described the new species, giving…...
Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat its veggies
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (353+ words) The "tyrant digger's" tough teeth'including ones on the roof its mouth'reveal the evolutionary history of plant-eating "This is one of the oldest known four-legged animals to eat its veggies," says Arjan Mann, assistant curator of fossil fishes and early tetrapods…...
The earliest known bird had complex tongue bones and fleshy "teeth" on the roof of its mouth'which might have helped it snag the food it needed for flight
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (773+ words) Painstaking preparation means that the Chicago Archaeopteryx still has traces of soft tissues and microscopic mouth bones All birds are dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs are birds; the birds alive today are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the…...
Pok'mon Fossil Museum Member FAQs
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (129+ words) Field Museum members get special access to Pok'mon Fossil Museum, including complimentary exhibition tickets and early preview opportunities before the exhibition opens to the public. Below you will find everything you need to know about what's included with your membership,…...
These fossils were the perfect home for ancient baby bees
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (494+ words) The Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is full of limestone caves. "In some areas, you'll find a different sinkhole every 100 meters," says Lazaro Vi'ola L'pez, a postdoctoral researcher at the Field Museum in Chicago…...
This fossil bird choked to death on rocks, and no one knows why
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (289+ words) The new species, named after electro-funk band Chromeo, helps tell the larger story of why only one small group of dinosaurs survived extinction Jingmai O'Connor, the associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago's Field Museum and lead author of a…...
Pok'mon Fossil Museum Special Exhibition to Make North American Debut at Chicago's Field Museum
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (188+ words) Exhibition will pair Pok'mon characters with real fossils they are based on CHICAGO " Pok'mon Fossil Museum, the Japanese special exhibition that compares beloved characters from the popular video games to real-life dinosaurs and other ancient animals, will be making its…...