Every continent has its own story to tell, and hundreds of millions of years ago, Africa was the perfect habitat for one of nature’s most ferocious creatures.“Giants: African Dinosaurs,” will open at Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History, on Saturday, March 10, and will run until Aug. 5.Project Exporation, a non-profit science education organization, works to ensure that communities traditionally overlooked by science -- particularly minority youths and girls -- have access to personalized experiences with science and scientists.In expeditions to Niger and Morocco, Dr. Paul Sereno’s team discovered and named several dinosaurs that will be on display. “Jobaria,” a 70-foot-long plant-eater; “Suchomimus,” a fish-eating dinosaur with huge claws and a sail on its back; and the skull of a huge T. Rex-sized meat-eater, “Carcharodontosaurus,” are a few of the displays.“Giants” provides clues to the mystery of how shifting continents affected dinosaur evolution.Besides new and unusual dinosaurs, Sereno’s team stumbled on the world’s largest crocodile, the 40-foot-long “Sarcosuchus,” dubbed SuperCroc.“Giants” is courtesy of Project Exploration and Sereno, University of Chicago paleontologist and president and co-founder of Project Exploration. Sereno is the author of several books and stories in “National Geographic” and “Natural History” as well as the subject of many documentaries.Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday from Oct. to March and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday from April to Sept. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for youths ages 4 to 12, and $4 for FHSU students with valid ID.
Giants of Africa coming to FHSUs Sternberg Museum