New Exhibits
Larry, a real Triceratops skeleton
Montana, a real Edmontosaurus skeleton

     The Dakota Dinosaur Museum will feature several new exhibits for the 2011 summer season.  The two main new exhibits include Larry, a real articulated 25 foot long Triceratops skeleton & Montana, a real articulated 37 foot long Edmontosaurus skeleton.

      Other new exhibits include a real 8 foot long, 32 million year old, rhinoceros skeleton from North Dakota and a 65 million year old complete Tyrannosaurus rex hind leg.  The museum lobby will feature highly detailed miniature one-twelfth scale sculptures of the two popular dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. 

     Larry, also known as Mr. Three-Horn, was a herding vegetarian that roamed the northern plains region, including North Dakota, 65 million years ago.  Larry weighed 5-6 tons, was 25 feet long and stood 8 feet in height.  Because of its unique horns, Triceratops is one of the more well known dinosaurs but there are very few real, complete skeletons on display anywhere in the world today.

     Montana, also known as “The Gentle Giant”, was a herding vegetarian called Edmontosaurus.  This dinosaur also roamed the northern plains region along with Triceratops 65 million years ago.  They ate conifer needles and other plants that dominated the warm temperate to subtropical climate that dominated that time period.  When Montana lived it was a 37 foot long animal weighing about 3 tons. 

     Both Triceratops and Edmontosaurus were preyed upon by Tyrannosaurus rex. An 8 foot long complete, real hind leg of Tyrannosaurus rex is on display along with a 25 foot mounted skeletal cast of Albertosaurus, a cousin of T-rex.  See how more massive T-rex’s leg is compared to that of Albertosaurus.
 
     Also new this year for the publics viewing pleasure will be an ancient rhinoceros skeleton.  This absolutely complete, real articulated skeleton is from an animal called Subhyracodon occidentalis, an 8 foot long animal that lived 32 million years ago in what is now North Dakota.  A complete Subhyracodon skeleton is rarely ever seen in any museum.

       Don’t forget that by visiting the Dakota Dinosaur Museum you will now see 14 full-scale dinosaurs as well as 50 display cases containing rare rocks, minerals and fossils of all kinds.  Our fluorescent mineral display as well as the museum gift shop continues to delight young and old alike.  We hope you will place the Dakota Dinosaur Museum on your must see list for this summer.