Event Description
Join the Academy on Saturday, September 20, for a day featuring Dreadnoughtus schrani, one of the most complete titanosaurs ever discovered. Lead paleontologist Ken Lacovara, PhD, of Drexel University will be at the museum to meet with visitors and show off fossils from this 65-ton supermassive dinosaur. He will give a talk about this gigantic discovery in our auditorium at 11 a.m.
Auditorium
The Discovery of Dreadnoughtus
11 a.m.
Join Drexel University paleontologist Ken Lacovara for a tremendous talk on his discovery of Dreadnoughtus.
Life in the Field
2:30 p.m.
Meet Jason Poole, the Academy’s own dinosaur hall coordinator, artist, and fossil preparator. Poole was part of the team in Argentina that discovered Dreadnoughtus. He leads the team in the Fossil Prep Lab—the experts who prepared fossils of Dreadnoughtus right here at the museum.
At Science Live
Ongoing, all day
Actual fossil specimens from Dreadnoughtus, a massive plant-eater will be on display at the museum for one day only at Science Live! Talk to team members who were on the dig in Argentina, as well as the experts who helped prepare the fossil in the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Fossil Prep Lab.
North American Hall
Learn more about sauropods, titanosaurs, and how paleontologists find fossils at a discovery station in North American Hall. Touch specimens, do experiments, and see how long Dreadnoughtus really was! Hint: way longer than the Academy’s T. rex!
Don’t miss!
Dinosaur Hall
Measuring up to 42 feet in length and weighing in at an estimated 7.5 tons, Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest predators to ever walk the Earth. This impressive animal is one of many dinosaurs and other Mesozoic creatures you’ll encounter in Dinosaur Hall. More than 30 species are represented, about half of which are full skeletal mounts, including Avaceratops, Chasmosaurus, Corythosaurus, Deinonychus, Pachycephalosaurus, Tenontosaurus, and Tylosaurus.
Fossil Prep Lab
If you want to see paleontology in action, check out the Academy's Fossil Prep Lab. You can watch as our staff, volunteers, and other skilled workers prepare fossils for study by scientists from other research institutions. |
