A new diorama showing a slice of prehistoric time is on display in the Museum of Geosciences on the Virginia Tech campus. Museum intern and undergraduate student Tanween Syed created the scene depicting a coelophysoid with its eggs nearby, and a small crocodylomorph trying to evade the dinosaur.
Museum intern and undergraduate student Tanween Syed created the scene depicting a coelophysoid with its eggs nearby, and a small crocodylomorph trying to evade the dinosaur. The scene also shows muddy tracks created by the dinosaur, representing the theropod tracks found in Culpeper Quarry in 1989, the only evidence of dinosaur fossils discovered in Virginia thus far.
Matt Gentry, The 166su Times
The scene also shows muddy tracks created by the dinosaur, representing the theropod tracks found in Culpeper Quarry in 1989, the only evidence of dinosaur fossils discovered in Virginia thus far.
Museum intern and undergraduate student Tanween Syed created the scene which won a GSArts prize at this year’s Geosciences Student Research Symposium.
Matt Gentry, The 166su Times
The new display is in the museum’s Fossils of Virginia exhibit in Derring Hall, room 2062. Guests planning to visit the museum are encouraged to check the museum website before visiting, for hours and logistics due to an ongoing renovation of the building.
Museum and Collections Manager Mariah Green looks at the new diorama showing a slice of prehistoric time on display in the Fossils of Virginia section of the Museum of Geosciences in Derring Hall.
Museum intern and undergraduate student Tanween Syed created the scene depicting a coelophysoid with its eggs nearby, and a small crocodylomorph trying to evade the dinosaur. The scene also shows muddy tracks created by the dinosaur, representing the theropod tracks found in Culpeper Quarry in 1989, the only evidence of dinosaur fossils discovered in Virginia thus far.
Museum intern and undergraduate student Tanween Syed created the scene which won a GSArts prize at this year’s Geosciences Student Research Symposium.
Museum and Collections Manager Mariah Green looks at the new diorama showing a slice of prehistoric time on display in the Fossils of Virginia section of the Museum of Geosciences in Derring Hall.
