The World's Largest Dinosaurs

Viewed from above, two young girls measure a giant dinosaur femur bone that is many times larger than they are
The World's Largest Dinosaurs introduces the amazing biology of a group of super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods.

Size affects just about everything an animal does: eating, breathing, moving, and reproducing. This traveling exhibition goes beyond bones and into the bodies of sauropods, the biggest land animals ever, to take a look at how these titans pulled it off.

Find out how scientists study fossils and living animals to understand sauropod biology; how heart rate, respiration, metabolism, and reproduction are linked to size; and what we can learn from these extinct animals about what it means to be big.

Highlights

The centerpiece of the exhibition – an enormous 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus – features a multimedia projection showing the sauropod's internal body systems at work.

Surrounding stations feature interactive displays, touchable specimens, and scale models to reveal the anatomy and physiology of these giants.

An enormous model of a sauropod is centered in the exhibition gallery surrounded by interactive exhibits
Explore the amazing biology of a group of uniquely super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked, long-tailed sauropods.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
A girl stands next to a touchable femur bone cast that is larger than her
Visitors can estimate the body weight of two different sauropods by measuring the length of their thigh bones.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
A crowd gathers around a 60 foot long model of Mamenchisaurus with life-like internal organs projected on its side
At 60 feet long, this life-sized Mamenchisaurus model serves as the centerpiece of the exhibition, allowing visitors to see the enormous sauropod's respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
Three children stand next to a towering cube display filled with plants
A 5½-foot cube of foliage represents how much plant matter a Mamenchisaurus ate in a single day.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
Three small children wear plastic protective goggles as they dig in a sand pit
Visitors can unearth and examine “fossils” at this interactive dig pit.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
The entrance to The World's Largest Dinosaurs includes the head of a long-necked sauropod peeking out through greenery
Visitors are greeted by the head of Argentinosaurus, one of the world's largest dinosaurs.
D. Finnin/© AMNH
Two touchable skulls of a horse and diplodocus are displayed next to each other
Compare the teeth and skulls of a modern horse and Diplodocus.
D. Finnin/© AMNH

Key Questions

  • What is a sauropod?
  • How do sauropods vary?
  • How massive were sauropods?
  • What did sauropods look like?
  • How did sauropods behave?
  • How did sauropod bodies work?
  • How do scientists study sauropods?

Reviews

“Visit. You will learn and be wonderstruck.”
– New York Daily News

“Really Refreshing.” 
– Scientific American

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The World's Largest Dinosaurs is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with with Coolture Marketing, Bogotá, Colombia.