Phytosaur Scute - Showcase 3.54" Scute with Stand bridges The airship was kept aloft

The airship was kept aloft by 16 gas cell chambers

Numerous studies suggest the material is the signature of the asteroid or comet strike that created the massive Chicxulub Crater buried near the coast of Yucatan

Ammonites are an extinct group of cephalopods that entered the fossil record 400 million years ago

The specimen in the Mini Museum is a fragment from a brick recovered during the 1948-1952 renovation and expansion of the White House

Iquitos is known as the "Peruvian capital of the Amazon"

Phytosaur Scute - Showcase 3.54" Scute with Stand bridges The airship was kept aloftIn the early Mesozoic era, dinosaurs walked the Earth and heavy ferns covered the land in a hot climate, but one familiar danger lurked at the waters edge: the ancient Phytosaur. This monstrous reptile was an early aquatic predator that struck with terrifying speed and power at anything unfortunate enough to cross its feeding grounds. While it resembled a modern crocodile, the phytosaur is far older and perhaps more frightening than the aquatic