Fernbank's newest exhibit showcases dinosaurs like never before

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Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family at Fernbank “I think Dinosaurs are still enduringly popular with the public first of all because they kind of represent these ancient monsters and kind of like things of myth,” paleontologist Dr. Anthony J. Martin from Emory told WSB-TV’s Nelson Hicks. “That’s why they’ve inspired so many comic books, movies, novels and so on. So we connect with that I think more on a mythic level. But then, I think they’re also really fascinating once we learn about dinosaurs as living animals.” (Nelson Hicks)

Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family at Fernbank “Something that the Tyrannosaurs exhibit offers is an interactive experience,” Jena Allison from Fernbank Museum said. “There are real fossils here, there’s a life-size (Tyrannosaurs Rex) skeleton, and it’s a whole family line, from the Dilong which was small and feathered, all the way up to the Tyrannosaurs Rex that is in modern media. That coupled with the virtual reality really offers a unique experiences that museum goers might not have seen previously.” (Nelson Hicks)

Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family at Fernbank What is known about dinosaurs today comes from two components - the fossils from the dinosaurs themselves, things like bones and skin fossils, and trace fossils, those are fossils from dinosaurs’ tracks, nests and more. And with new fossil discoveries happening even today, despite dinosaurs living millions of years ago, what is known about them is constantly changing. (Nelson Hicks)

Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family at Fernbank “There’s been this huge revolution in how we view dinosaurs,” Dr. Martin said. “It started in the 1960s when more evidence came about that dinosaurs were related to birds. Now we can actually say birds are dinosaurs. That was a huge revelation, knowing that dinosaurs didn’t really go extinct because we still have birds today as their living descendants.” (Nelson Hicks)

June 17, 2022 at 9:14 am EDT

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