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词条 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
释义

  1. History

  2. Exhibits

     Collection 

  3. Affiliations

  4. References

  5. External links

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The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a Canadian tourist attraction and a centre of palaeontological research[3] known for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils.[4]

Located {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} northwest from Drumheller, Alberta and {{convert|135|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast from Calgary,[5] the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation and holds numerous specimens from the Alberta badlands, Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site.[3]

The Royal Tyrrell Museum is operated by Alberta's Ministry of Culture.[6]

History

The museum is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, a geologist who accidentally discovered the first reported dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River valley in 1884 while searching for coal seams.[7] The carnivorous dinosaur was later named Albertosaurus sarcophagus. The museum opened September 25, 1985 and was given "Royal" status in 1990.

Exhibits

More than {{convert|4400|m2|sqft}} of the museum's {{convert|11200|m2|sqft}} is dedicated to exhibits[8] in a series of chronological galleries celebrating the 3.9-billion-year-history of life on Earth.

One of the most popular is "Dinosaur Hall", with over 40 mounted dinosaur skeletons, including specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex, Albertosaurus, Stegosaurus and Triceratops.[4] Other exhibits include "Lords of the Land", a gallery of some of the most dangerous theropods known from Alberta, "Burgess Shale", a diorama of dozens of creatures from Yoho National Park in British Columbia;[9] "Devonian Reef", a life-size model of a 375-million-year old reef;[10] the newly renovated "Cretaceous Garden", featuring representatives of the plants that lived in prehistoric Alberta,[11] and "Age of Mammals" and "Ice Ages" which cover mammalian life in the Cenozoic. Dioramas painted by Vladimir Krb. Also on display is the "Triassic Giant", a {{convert|1700|sqft|m2}} specimen of the world's largest known marine reptile. The {{convert|21|m|ft}} long ichthyosaur Shastasaurus sikanniensis was recovered from the shores of the Sikanni Chief River in northeastern British Columbia by a team led by Elizabeth Nicholls, former curator of Marine Reptiles. This exhibit pays homage to the work of Nicholls, who died in 2004.[12] In May 2017 the museum displayed an unusually well-preserved nodosaur. [13]

A window into the "Preparation Lab" allows visitors to watch technicians as they prepare fossils for research and exhibition.[14] Additional offerings include guided and self-guided tours of the surrounding badlands, the hands-on "Science Hall" with interactive stations that introduce palaeontological concepts,[15] simulated fossil digs, fossil casting, school programs and summer camps.

Collection

Affiliations

The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/media/MediaKitWeb.pdf| title =2014/15 Museum Fact Sheet|accessdate=28 January 2018|publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society}}
2. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/contact/ | title = Contact Us | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080918082640/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/contact/ | archivedate = 2008-09-18 | df = }}
3. ^1 {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs | title = Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | last = Naylor | first = Bruce G. | editor = Currie, Philip J. |editor2=Padian, Kevin | year = 1997 | publisher = Academic Press | isbn = 0-12-226810-5 | pages = 646}}
4. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=9 | title = Dinosaur Hall | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506094553/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=9 |archivedate = 2008-05-06}}
5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/info/index2.php?strSection=4 | title = Getting to the Museum | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516140839/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/info/index2.php?strSection=4 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/royal-tyrrell-museum-of-palaeontology/|title=Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology|author=Monty Reid|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Michael|title=Fortunes in the Ground|date=1986|publisher=The Boston Mills Press|location=Erin, Ontario|isbn=091978352X|page=198,221}}
8. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/info/index2.php?strSection=5| title = Museum Amenities | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516132856/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/info/index2.php?strSection=5 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}
9. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=6 | title = Museum Amenities | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516115301/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=6 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}
10. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=7 | title = Devonian Reef | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516115305/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=7 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}
11. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=8 | title = Cretaceous Garden | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516114942/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=8 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}
12. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/events/#triassic | title = Triassic Giant | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080514005028/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/events/#triassic |archivedate = 2008-05-14}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dinosaur-fossil-statue-well-preserved-nodosaur-royal-tyrrell-museum-canada-a7732876.html|title=New dinosaur fossil so well-preserved it looks like a statue|date=2017-05-12|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-06-06|language=en-GB}}
14. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=4 | title = Preparation Lab | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404133251/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=4 |archivedate = 2008-04-04}}
15. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=2 | title = Nexen Science Hall | accessdate = 2008-07-18 | work = Royal Tyrrell Museum | publisher = Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society | date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516115255/http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/peek/index2.php?strSection=2 |archivedate = 2008-05-16}}

External links

{{Commons category|Royal Tyrrell Museum}}{{Alberta parks}}

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