Event date: Wednesday, March 23,
2011
Event place:
Redlands, CA
Guest
lecture, “All-time Giants”
On Wednesday, March 23,
2011 at 7:30pm, Dr. Matt
Wedel will present a lecture, “All-time Giants: how the largest dinosaurs got so
big,” at the San
Bernardino
County
Museum in
Redlands. This
lecture free to public.
The immense size of the largest dinosaurs has been a source of popular
fascination—and a scientific puzzle—since the earliest discoveries. In recent
years paleontologists have continued to unearth fossils of record-breaking
animals, and at the same time they have started to answer the questions of how
and why some dinosaurs got huge.
Paleontologist Matt Wedel has been working on giant dinosaurs for the
last 15 years. In this talk he explains why some dinosaurs stopped chewing their
food, got pregnant as teenagers, and abandoned their babies in order to go big.
Air-filled bones, buried eggs, elephant poop, and sheep that eat seaweed are all
part of the scientific quest to understand the largest land animals of all time.
Mathew J. Wedel, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of
Anatomy, Western
University of Health
Sciences, Pomona. He
frequently appears in documentaries on the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and
the History Channel.
This
program is part of a series of guest lectures offered at no charge by the
museum. Upcoming guest lectures scheduled are David Earle on “Mission Baskets”
(April 27), Mark Springer on "Tooth Loss
and Molecular Cavities in Placental Mammals” (May 25), and Anthony Metcalf on
“Processes That Affect Genetic Diversity (June 22).
The
San
Bernardino
County
Museum is at the
California
Street exit from
Interstate 10 in Redlands. Parking
is free. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org. The
museum is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening
devices or other auxiliary aids are needed in order to participate in museum
exhibits or programs, requests should be made through Museum Visitor Services at
least three business days prior to your visit. Visitor Services’ telephone
number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD)
909-792-1462.
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