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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 19:59:35 GMT
The ROM in Toronto, Ontario, is Canada's largest natural history museum, and its dinosaur collection is unmatched save for the Tyrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta. Following its major expansion a few years ago, the building is a bizarre fusion of classic and modern architecture. Its designers wanted to give the impression of crystal formations coming out of the walls.  Quetzalcoatlus  Albertosaurus and Deinonychus  Unnamed oviraptorid  |
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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 20:05:58 GMT
Allosaurus, Barosaurus, and Stegosaurus  The Barosaurus is Canada's largest mounted dinosaur, and unlike the one at the AMNH, contains real bones. Next to it is a Camptosaurus.  And it has a baby too!  Stegosaurus  |
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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 20:10:52 GMT
Male and female Pteranodon  Temnodontosaurus  Archelon  Xiphactinus  Platecarpus and Trinacromerum  |
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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 20:19:48 GMT
Ankylosaur skull and tail club  Baby hadrosaurs  Chasmosaurus  Pachycephalosaurus  |
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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 20:22:49 GMT
Tyrannosaurus rex, my all-time favourite!  This cast is based on the Wankel specimen.  Bambiraptor  Caudipteryx  Microraptor  |
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Post by suspsy on Jan 27, 2012 20:30:42 GMT
Hyenaodon and a "Devil's Corkscrew" dug by Paleocastor  Eremotherium and Glyptodonts  Smilodon and dire wolf  Arctodus  Mastodon, Cervalces, and Castoroides  Naturally, there's lots more that I didn't photograph, plus plenty of other fascinating galleries. Check out the ROM if you're ever in Toronto. |
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Post by zopteryx on Jan 27, 2012 21:11:22 GMT
 Another one I need to see! I never knew Canada had so many excellent museums! Great photos Suspsy!
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Post by simon on Jan 27, 2012 21:54:59 GMT
Thanks suspsy - what a great museum!
That Albertosaurus is gonna give me nightmares (and I'm not even a dentist!)
The fusion of architecture is a bit bizarro but what's important is what's on the inside ...
No Triceratops, though? That's puzzling - can't remember a museum with a TRex without a Trike near it ... any more pics perhaps?
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Post by Himmapaan on Jan 27, 2012 23:16:16 GMT
Fantastic!! Thank you so much for sharing these.
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Post by suspsy on Jan 28, 2012 13:38:28 GMT
There's a Triceratops skull near the feet of the T. rex skeleton, along with a second T. rex skull.
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Another one I need to see! I never knew Canada had so many excellent museums!
