Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Old Fossils

I find dinosaur fossils fascinating. It's a common trait among many people.


Duck-billed dinosaurs, represented in this section of the gallery, were widespread herbivores.


Maiasaura is a duck billed dinosaur whose name literally means good mother lizard. A change from the early days of paleontology, when dinosaurs were characterized as vicious lizards. Time changes perspectives.


A reproduced nest of maiasaura is found here.


Overhead, a big turtle- or to be exact, a predecessor to the various contemporary species. We'll get another look at it tomorrow.

32 comments:

  1. The fossils are cool, great exhibit!
    Take care, have a wonderful day!

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  2. These extinct creatures are fascinating!

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  3. What wonderful secrets and stories they hold!

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  4. They seem to have a wonderful collection, William.

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  5. Paleontology is a fascinating look back at the creatures of the very long past. A few have evolved to become the animals we see today, but many have not.

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  6. A good exhibit ~ thanks,

    Wishing you good health, laughter, and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. I've visited the Tyrrell museum a few times since it's near.

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  8. I too find all these fossil remains fascinating:)

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  9. How can one not be interested in dinosaurs?!

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  10. They are very interesting to me too, sometimes I find documentaries on youtube about people coming across them in the rocks along rivers.

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  11. Amazing seeing these fossils, so big and unique.

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  12. Just think, dinosaurs may have walked exactly where I am at this moment.

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    1. Though, thanks to continental drift, where you are is not where the land was in their day.

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