General / Off-Topic Witte Museum Fossils

[Jester27]

Took my family on a trip to the Witte Museum in San Antonio this past weekend. They don't have a huge fossil collection but I thought you all might enjoy seeing what they did have. There was also a temporary summer exhibit with a bunch of animatronics and a few more fossils.
Quetzalcoatlus viewable from the second floor

Tyrannosaurus Rex seen from above

Acrocanthosaurus

Dromaeosaurus

Archaeopteryx skeleton and recreation

Parasaurolophus and Triceratops jaw sections

Partial juvenile Triceratops skull

Alamosaurus leg

Velociraptor

Tylosaurus

Pachyrhizodus

Protostega

Agujaceratops juvenile skeleton and adult skull.

Kritosaurus skull

Deinosuchus skull as the centerpiece

Close up of T-Rex skull

Following pictures are from the temporary animatronic exhibit called Predators vs Prey
Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus

Oviraptor

Edmontonia

Nodosauridae fossils

Deltasuchus jaw fragment, Deinosuchus tooth, and various herbivore bones showing bite marks.

Various T-Rex fossils

Protohadros skull

Protohadros

Deltasuchus skull

Nanuqsaurus skull known form the Prince Creek Formation in Alaska

Bravoceratops skull

Ceratopsidae art display

Diabloceratops

Coelophysis

Postosuchus skull

Utahraptor

Stegoceras

Pachycephalosaurid fossils

Then on the way out one more of the T-Rex

And one last pic as we headed to the door. Quetzalcoatlus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Acrocanthosaurus

 

[Lora Craft69]

These are awesome, thanks for sharing.

 

[stubie]

Wow! That's an amazing exhibition, wish we had something similar to that here in Australia!

 

[MarcWP]

Great post mate!!

I feel like visiting some museums now.

 

[Jester27]

Thanks all, happy to share with fellow dino lovers like myself! Yeah, lived in the area for ten plus years and had never been. For being a fairly small museum I was impressed by how much they actually had, will definitely be going back.