Antarctic Dinosaurs at LA!

[Philoceratops]

So about a few weeks ago, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History for my birthday, and got to see the Field Museum's traveling exhibit of Antarctic fossils. Here are some of the models and fossils on display:

The original fossils of an unnamed basal sauropodomorph aptly named "Sauropodomorph A". According to the exhibit, its closest relative was Ignavusaurus, one of the many basal sauropodomorphs from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.



The reconstructed skeleton of "Sauropodomorph A"


A diorama featuring "Sauropodomorph A"



The remains of Glacialisaurus hammeri and another unnamed basal sauropodomorph, called "Sauropodomorph B". According to the exhibit, this taxon's closest relative was Leonerasaurus, from Argentina.



A life-sized sculpture of Cryolophosaurus ellioti, which was absolutely ENORMOUS



The reconstructed skeleton of Cryolophosaurus



The original remains of Cryolophosaurus. All of these are the actual fossils, not casts.

The skull:



Limb elements:



Tail vertebrae:



Pelvis:



I suggest any of you that are in the LA area that haven't seen it to check it out, it's really good! It'll be here till April, so there's still time!

[ZoPteryx]

What a cool exhibit!  It's always amazing to see hints of what fossil secrets the "lost continent" still has to offer.

[Libraraptor]

Looks pretty good!

[Halichoeres]

I saw this at the Field Museum and the dinosaur curator (now at the Bell Museum in Minnesota) was talking to Telemundo about it. I narrowly avoided walking into the shot.

[Philoceratops]

I saw this at the Field Museum and the dinosaur curator (now at the Bell Museum in Minnesota) was talking to Telemundo about it. I narrowly avoided walking into the shot.

Oh jeez, that must have been awkward! I figured at least one of the people on this forum saw it at the FMNH!

[Funk]

That new version of Cryolophosaurus is rather interesting, compared to the older, allosaur-like reconstruction that can still be found in many museums:

There also seems to be an intermediate version which is basically like the allosaurian one, but with a dilophosaur-like kink in its snout.

[Newt]

Neat! I should be there in a couple of weeks; I didn't know about this special exhibit, so that's a bonus!