BIG NEWS: The Museum's Titanosaur now has its official scientific name--and is sharing the news with old friends like Blue Whale.
It's #NationalDinosaurDay! Celebrate with the 122-foot-long Titanosaur.
The award for the Museum’s largest dinosaur goes to ...
... The Titanosaur!
These sauropod specimens are drawn from the Museum's extensive paleontology collection and include dozens of fossil bones, along with elements of the very first dinosaur fossil collected by the Museum more than a century ago. Most of these fossils are from the Museum’s legendary Big Bone Room, where fossils of sauropods and other large dinosaurs are stored on open shelving.
The earliest fossil find on display—an incomplete skeleton of the long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur Diplodocus longus—was unearthed by legendary Museum dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown along with Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1897 at Como Bluff, Wyoming.
Last January, the Museum added another must-see exhibit to its world-famous fossil halls. Meet the Titanosaur.
Did you know? The Museum’s new Titanosaur loves to text the blue whale! Whether it’s a bad joke or gossiping about Museum visitors, these two love to text.
The Titanosaur and Blue Whale are texting about their summer fun!
Time to Talk to a Titanosaur! This new giant dinosaur gets interviewed about its size, family tree, and much more on Ology, the Museum’s website for kids!
On this Fossil Friday, learn all about the Titanosaur's travels.
In 2014, a rancher in the arid Patagonia region of Argentina stumbled upon a bone like none he’d ever seen before. He shared his discovery with the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, which brought in paleontologist Dr. Diego Pol and colleagues to assess the extraordinary find.When they arrived at the site and began uncovering fossils, it became clear to Dr. Pol and team that they were looking at an unusually large animal. Dr. Pol, who received his Ph.D. degree in a joint program between Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History in 2005, emailed a photo of an 8-foot femur, or thigh bone, to his mentor, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology Mark Norell.
In January 2016, the Museum added another must-see exhibit to its world-famous fossil halls: a cast of a 122-foot-long dinosaur. This species is so new that it has not yet been formally named by the paleontologists who discovered it!
Measuring 122 feet, the Museum's new exhibit, The Titanosaur, is big--so big that its head extends outside of the Museum's fourth-floor gallery where it is now on permanent display!
Texts from Titanosaur, Summer Edition pt. 2!
The Museum’s new Titanosaur and the Blue Whale are bff’s who love to text, and they’ve got a lot to discuss this now that it’s summer! Read more Texts from Titanosaur.
What else have these two been up to this summer?
Congratulations to Instagram user Dlightful for writing the winning Titanosaur Trying caption! The Titanosaur is now on permanent display at the Museum.
Illustration by Hugh Murphy of @trextrying
Texts from Titanosaur, Summer Edition!
The Museum’s Titanosaur arrived at the American Museum of Natural History in January 2016, and has been making many new friends, including the blue whale. Separated by 3 floors of the Museum, how do these pals stay in touch? They text, of course!
Recently, the blue whale had to deal with a death hoax! The Titanosaur was very worried:
Originally from Argentina, the Titanosaur is enjoying its first year in the United States:
Summer means days spent at the beach, and the blue whale and Titanosaur are getting ready for some fun in the sun:
Learn more about the Titanosaur, now on view, and read more Texts from Titanosaur.
The Titanosaur cast, which is exhibited in the Wallach Orientation Center on the fourth floor, grazes the gallery’s approximately 19-foot-high ceilings, and, at 122-foot, is just a bit too long for its new home. Instead, its neck and head extend out towards the elevator banks, welcoming visitors to the “dinosaur” floor.
AMNH/D.Finnin
Time for a time-lapse! Watch the Museum's 122-foot Titanosaur come together in its new home in under a minute.
Time for another caption contest! We’ve paired up with Hugh Murphy of @trextrying to bring you Titanosaur Trying, an illustrated account of the difficulties associated with being a new 122-foot sauropod at the American Museum of Natural History.
We want so see how you would caption this cartoon! Head to the Submit tab on our Tumblr and contribute as many captions as you want. We’ll post the winning caption next week.