Comments on: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Triassic New Mexico

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:06:33 +0000

I’ll send me readers to see the exhibition it looks really great. I’m going to be in New-Mexico in the summer so I won’t miss it for the world

By: Mark Mancini

Mark Mancini — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:16:56 +0000

Woah, Matt! This looks great! Kudos to you and the rest of the NMMNHS staff on having such a great display as the fruit of your efforts! I’ll be heading for New Mexico this July; can’t wait to stop by and see this!

By: Matt Celeskey

Matt Celeskey — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:50:40 +0000

My mistake, Mike – I should have spelled Hadrokkosaurus with two k’s and one d (corrected now). Not that that provides much more info on the web.

I know very little about this Moenkopi amphibian…that cast of the skull (from Arizona) is the only bit I’ve ever seen. But one of my colleagues in the Exhibits Dept. noted that it bears some resemblance to the taxon pictured here.

By: Mike from Ottawa

Mike from Ottawa — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:10 +0000

What did the rest of Haddrokosaurus look like? That’s a very weird skull.

By: Matt Celeskey

Matt Celeskey — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:42 +0000

Hi Zach -

Yep, this is a permanent exhibit. So you should be safe anytime within the next decade, and its a good bet that it’ll remain relatively unchanged for 20 years or so.

No Effigia in our display, I’m afraid. Although there are some interesting non-Coelophysis bones in the block….

By: Zach Miller

Zach Miller — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:10:58 +0000

What a wonderful exhibit, Matt! I assume it will stay in your museum permenantly? I ask because I’d like to come and visit it sometime, but I don’t know when I’ll be able to make it down.

The phytosaur skulls are absolutely beautiful! Do you have any skeletal material of Effigia on display?

By: Matt Celeskey

Matt Celeskey — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:48:29 +0000

Thanks Adam -

Believe me, these pictures don’t show half the fossils from the new exhibit. It’s a fantastic collection of Triassic fossils, and the best on display anywhere in the U.S., I think.

I don’t think there’s any plans to develop a traveling exhibit, but our preparators & mountmakers did mount up a copy of the reconstructed/cast skeleton of the 16′ long phytosaur Redondasaurus for the Carnegie Museum that should be on display in their new Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibit. That might be a bit closer trip to get a Triassic fix!

By: Adam Pritchard

Adam Pritchard — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:51:59 +0000

Wow! This looks absolutely stellar. Can you guys send this stuff on a traveling exhibition to Maryland? I’ve never seen that many Triassic fossils in one place.