New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Dinosaur Century Begins at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

The discoveries begin January 21st at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science! New Mexico is world famous as a place where important dinosaur discoveries are made. The first dinosaurs from New Mexico known to science were collected in the 1880s. Since then, fossils from our state have helped scientists learn much of what we now know about dinosaurs, including how they evolved, how they lived, and why they went extinct.

Each month of 2012 the Museum will showcase prominent finds in paleontology in a special Centennial exhibit, Dinosaur Century: 100 Years of Discovery in New Mexico. Kicking off this feast of finds is one of the very first dinosaurs ever discovered, Coelophysis!

Be sure to return each month in 2012, as the exhibit unfolds, and explore the wealth of fossil finds found right here in New Mexico that have advanced the knowledge of dinosaurs the world over. It’s Dinosaur Century at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science!