When dinosaurs dominated: ancient creatures arrive from China: A new exhibition 'tells the story of how the planet changed while dinosaurs ruled the Earth--and how this affected the evolution of dinosaurs and other life.

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When dinosaurs dominated: ancient creatures arrive from China: A new exhibition 'tells the story of how the planet changed while dinosaurs ruled the Earth--and how this affected the evolution of dinosaurs and other life.

"DINOSAUR DYNASTY: Discoveries from China" introduces North American dinosaur enthusiasts to the prehistoric creatures that ruled large tracts of Asia for 165,000,000 years. The exhibition features fossils and life-size cast reproductions from all three periods of the Mesozoic era: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. On display are dinosaur eggs and nests, as well as a variety of plants and animals that lived in the shadow of these giants. Visitors will meet Mamenchisaurus, a huge plant-eater with the longest neck of any animal in history; the unicorn-like duck-billed Tsintaosaurus; and a miniature ceratopsian called Psittacosaurus, or parrot lizard; Sinosauropteryx and Caudipteryx, two of the feathered dinosaurs that have electrified the world of paleontology--and who can resist the sight of a Monolophosaurus locked in mortal combat with a Tuojiangosaurus?...

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