Dinosaurs land in Singapore
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When it comes to Singapore Science Centre’s new dinosaur exhibition, bigger is better.
The stars of Jurassic Park take centre stage at not one, but two, exhibitions at the Singapore Science Centre.
The Titans of the Past – Dinosaurs and Ice Age Mammals exhibition, which comprises of two international travelling dinosaur exhibitions, The Growth and Behaviour of Dinosaurs and Ice Age, The Exhibition, showcases life-sized dinosaur skeletons and an impressive collection of original fossils shipped from the Museum of the Rockies (MOR) in the United States.
Not only will visitors get to see the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex (T-Rex) skull ever found, there will also be life-sized skeleton casts of the 36-metre long Argentinosaurus, the heaviest and largest land animal ever to walk the earth, and the Giganotosaurus, one of the largest terrestrial carnivores in the late Cretaceous period, on display.
“The exhibition tells the story of a dinosaur’s life using real fossils and specimens that have played a pivotal role to facilitate our continuous efforts to demystify the prehistoric age and uncover new finds,” said Dr Jack Horner, MOR’s curator of paleontology and technical advisor of the Jurassic Park movies.
Dr Horner and his research team discovered that more than one-third of all dinosaur species classified under the Cretaceous Period may actually be juveniles, and not different species as believed for the past century. The specimens, which served as evidence, are available for your scrutiny.
Apart from fossils and skeletons, animatronic animals from the Ice Age will also make an appearance. See mammoths, mastodons and saber-toothed tigers in their habitats and hear the sounds they make to experience how mammals lived during that period.
T-Rex feeding on a triceratops.
Argentinosaurus - the heaviest and largest land animal ever to walk the earth. It is 36-metre long.
Largest T-Rex skull ever discovered (real fossil).
Animatronic animals from the Ice Age.
Triceratops skulls showing the growth of the dinosaur.
The Hypacrosaurus family.
Stan (T-Rex) - One of the largest land carnivores of all times.
Bone crushing T-Rex.
One part of The Growth and Behaviour of Dinosaurs exhibition.
