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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

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( This post was last modified: 10-29-2017, 04:58 PM by Ngala )

I went to the L.A. One yesterday, I'll post pictures tomorrow but a few things I saw.

I have read that the African elephant is of similar size to a T-Rex but I say no way!
The t-Rex's they have there are massive. Larger than the mammoth skeleton and the elephants on display, larger by a huge margin. At least the ones there. I will say that the mammoth does look like it could carry more weight for its length but not enough to make up the size difference between the two.

The triceratops skull is absolutely massive, far larger than any rhino or hippo I have ever seen. They would be a serious handful for any sized predator.

The American lion was far taller than the smilodon fatalis and longer, probably not longer proportionally but longer none the less. A much more impressive skeleton. 

The ancient Naegele's jaguar or Panthera Atrox lower jaw is far more massive and impressive compared to the short faced bear.

The short faced bear skull is much larger than a grizzly or black bears.

Once again this is only a couple of specimens and most of the sex's were unknown and ages. 

All and all, it was awesome.

If any body has images or information from ones they have seen, feel free to post.
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( This post was last modified: 02-16-2016, 05:45 AM by Pckts )

Mammals

African Lions

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Grizzly Bears

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Wolf

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Polar Bear- They had a much larger one standing up right but I didn't get a picture of it.

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Sumatran Tiger- I was surprised how large it was compared to the Zebra, obviously sex and age aren't specified for either

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Jaws and Skulls
Notice the Panthera Atrox Jaw or Naegele's Jaguar jaw compared to the Short Face Bear's



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But the Skull of this Short faced bear was absolutely massive and larger than the skull of the Panthera Atrox Skeleton's Skull



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Skeletons-
Mammoth

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Smilidon Fatalis- Proportionally Long but not particularly tall compared to the American lion

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American Lion "Panthera Atrox" - Very Tall and long, probably not as proportionally long as Fatalis, but overall it was at least as long if not, longer.

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A prehistoric Canine - Huge skeleton for a Canid, very impressed by it. Not as large as Atrox but fairly close to Smilidon Fatalis, just a bit smaller. Just to give you an idea of its size, that is a Horse Skeleton in front of it.

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Skeletons Cont'd
Stegosaurus vs Allosaurus

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Skulls

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Different T-Rex Age Groups

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Small aged 2-6  Medium aged 12-14 Large aged 16-18 (still not full grown)

Triceratops Skulls... MASSIVE!!

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Long Neck

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Nice photos @Pckts. I find it a bit funny P. atrox is named giant jaguar there. I assume this occurred as Dr. Harris who was involved in reclassifying P. atrox with Dr. Christiansen as more jaguar-like. First time I've actually heard the common name be adjusted for that.
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And the best exhibit IMO....
T-Rex vs Triceratops

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one more of a Triceratops

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I really tried to show the comparison between the T-Rex skull and the Triceratops Skull,
While both are probably close in length, you can feel the difference in weight just by looking at it. The Tri skull is just so dense looking and massive, the giant fin in back and the horn in front, it just looks like that thing would be so formidable to any predator it's own size.  I have no doubt it would take an animal at least as large as the T-Rex shown to even have a chance.
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Great pictures, thank you so much for sharing, would love to go myself! Glad you had a great time.
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