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Albertosaur, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Albertosaur, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Photo credit: Delle Willett, SDNHM		 Lambeosaur baby, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Lambeosaur baby, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM		 Lambeosaur, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Lambeosaur, one of many life-size dinosaur models in the interactive new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIESat the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Photo credit: Delle Willett, SDNHM
Ankylosaur, Front view of armored dinosaur model of Altopelta coombsi from Carlsbad, California, exhibited in FOSSIL MYSTERIES
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Front view of armored dinosaur model of Altopelta coombsi from Carlsbad, California, exhibited in FOSSIL MYSTERIES
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Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM		 Hungry Megalodon, the life-size model of the extinct megalodon shark, three times the size of a great white shark, part of the visitor experience in FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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The life-size model of the extinct megalodon shark, three times the size of a great white shark, part of the visitor experience in FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Photo credit: Lollo Enstad, SDNHM
Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM
Megalodon, “Megatooth” shark (Carcharodon megalodon) hunted warm seas in southern California around 8 million years ago. This model represents a female shark about 34 feet long. Large individuals are estimated to have reached 50 feet in length.
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“Megatooth” shark (Carcharodon megalodon) hunted warm seas in southern California around 8 million years ago. This model represents a female shark about 34 feet long. Large individuals are estimated to have reached 50 feet in length.
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American Lion, Interactive display of a life-size model of an American Lion, extinct 11,000 years ago and 1/3 again larger than the African Lion, part of the new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Interactive display of a life-size model of an American Lion, extinct 11,000 years ago and 1/3 again larger than the African Lion, part of the new exhibition FOSSIL MYSTERIES at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM		 Extinction, a major extinction of life forms at the end of the Cretaceous Period spelled the end of dinosaurs like this feathered Troodon and many other creatures on land and in the ocean.
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A major extinction of life forms at the end of the Cretaceous Period spelled the end of dinosaurs like this feathered Troodon and many other creatures on land and in the ocean.
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Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM		 Ammonites, these fossils of spiral shelled Cretaceous ammonoids and nautiloids swam off the California coast 75 million years ago. Many of their fossils come from Carlsbad, California and are displayed in FOSSIL MYSTERIES along with other marine creatures.
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These fossils of spiral shelled Cretaceous ammonoids and nautiloids swam off the California coast 75 million years ago. Many of their fossils come from Carlsbad, California and are displayed in FOSSIL MYSTERIES along with other marine creatures.
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Photo credit: Francois Gohier, SDNHM

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