Gastown Dinosaur Exhibit

[thetyrantlizard]

I posted these pics in the previous incarnation of Dinoworld, but I didn't get to transfer them here. They're just a few shots of a dinosaur exhibit that took place a few years ago. {My mom couldn't find the pics I took when I was at the Natural History Museum in Kensington around 10 years ago. They had a diplodocus--I remember that because the guard was glowering at me, probably wondering what an overage oaf was doing snapping pics of a diplodocus skeleton ;D ) Anyway, there weren't as many dinosaurs here as at a real museum, but a mamenchisaurus is nothing to sniff at. (Mamenchisaurs don't travel often, especially since they have a retinue larger than the Queen's or Jennifer Lopez's)

Mamenchisaur:

Yangchuanosaurus:

Psittacosaurus herd:

Prosauropod with unpronounceable Chinese name:

Crichtonsaurus (yes, named after that Crichton):

Alxasaurus, a therizinosaur ancestor:

The basal iguanodontid shuangmiaosaurus:

An animatronic triceratops on a trailer backing into a parking lot. Now this you don't see everyday ;D :

[thetyrantlizard]

I was fortunate to attend the exhibit, since after the exhibit closed the venue that hosted the dinosaurs declared bankruptcy. See how little interest Vancouverites have about dinosaurs--in most places a dinosaur exhibit draws in the locals and the tourists, here it just leads to insolvency. Cultural capital my tush

*Feels lonely and unwanted*

[tomhet]

Very nice pics, thanks for sharing

[thetyrantlizard]

If this were the Royal Tyrrell Museum at Drumheller I'd have hundreds of pics ;D

[Agustín]

Thanks for showing those, TTL, I did not know about the Chrichtonsaurus!

[thetyrantlizard]

I was surprised when I saw the crichtonsaurus, it was rather small. I always thought ankylosaurids were larger

[Agustín]

Really? It doesn't really look small in the picute, I guess.

[Thorondor 33]

Very cool pix. It is a shame they closed down.

[TheOneCalledPara]

It is a shame that the exhibit had closed. On the upside, it's great that you were able to take many photographs from the exhibit, especially of the Mamenchisaurus. I remember the first (and possibly last) time I saw that big guy.