DINOSAUR DELIVERY LIFE-SIZE ANCIENT CRITTERS COME VISIT.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Two 48-foot-long tractor-trailers disgorged more than 20 robotic dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Middle Cretaceous–Recent
The 4,000-square-foot exhibition floor at the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery will be filled with a woolly mammoth, a life-size saber-toothed tiger saber-toothed tiger wild cat that died out about 12,000 years ago. [Ecology: Hammond, 290] See : Extinction family, a giant ground sloth giant ground sloth n. See ground sloth. being attacked by a saber-toothed tiger, a 34-foot-long apatosaurus Apatosaurus (ăp'ətəsôr`əs, ā'păt'ə–), [Gr.,=deceptive lizard], quadruped saurischian dinosaur, estimated to be from 70 to 90 ft (21 to 27 m) in length and to weigh up to 30 tons (27 metric tons). and baby, a Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus (tīrăn'ōsôr`əs, tĭr–) [Gr.,=tyrant lizard], member of a family, Tyrannosauridae, of bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs characterized by having strong hind limbs, a muscular tail, and short rex and a maiasaurus with eggs and hatchlings. Computer-controlled air compressors give movement and sound to the creatures, which were manufactured by Kokoro Dinosaurs in Woodland Hills. The exhibit will open to the public March 11 and runs through May 7 at the museum, 44801 Sierra Highway. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 1 to 8 p.m. Fridays. The museum is closed Mondays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and children age 3 and older. School groups on organized tours will be admitted free with reservations between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Almost 14,000 students already have been signed up to see the exhibit. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Workers unload a robotic Tyrannosaurus rex Thursday. At left, some tiny robotic dinosaur hatchlings. (3 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Tony Deal of Lancaster Moving and Storage Inc. carries the massive tail of a robotic, computerized Tyrannosaurus rex. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (4 -- color) Marc Alius of the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. Parks and Recreation Department pushes a woolly mammoth into the museum. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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