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"Dinosaurs Unearthed," a 10,000-square-foot exhibit of more than 20 moving, roaring animatronic creatures, opened today and runs through Sept. 5 at the Detroit Science Center, where excited families waited patiently in a line that almost stretched out the door. The exhibit includes five full-size skeletons and nearly 40 fossil and egg replicas from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 65 million to 250 million years ago.
The gargantuan prehistoric beasts are entertaining and educational. "The exhibit kind of tells the story of the connection between dinosaurs and birds," said Todd Slisher, the center's chief operating officer. "Part of that connection is the fact that they've discovered that a lot of dinosaurs had these downy coverings, which are called protofeathers — early feathers — so they link that to birds, and also things in the skeletal structure."
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