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First Floor | Temporary Exhibit
Sea Monsters Unearthed: Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas
Open Until 2020
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Some predatory mosasaurs ate other mosasaurs of their own species—making them cannibals!
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A full-size, 23-foot-long fossil reconstruction of a giant predatory mosasaur

An animated mural teeming with sea monsters from Angola’s 72-million-year-old ocean ecosystem

The fossil skull of the South Atlantic’s oldest species of sea turtle
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Things To Do
- Touch the teeth of a shell-crushing mosasaur—and the oyster shell fragments it left in its wake.
- Compare Angola’s ancient ocean ecosystems with today’s in a spinner interactive.
- Snap a selfie with a massive mosasaur that’s ready to bite.
Illustrations Credit: Karen Carr Studio Inc. for the Paleo Angola Project and SeaMonsters Unearthed.