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Age of Mammals

Trace the evolution of mammals as they became more recognizable.

Category: Visual Arts Events
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Type | Museum Exhibit
Audience | All Ages

Schedule of Events

Date Venue Description
30-Jul-10 to 30-Jul-11 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller is an important Alberta facility that houses one of the largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the world. 

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As you pass through the Cenozoic Arch, you're entering the most recent era in the history of life on Earth. The Cenozoic is sometimes referred to as the Age of Mammals, a time of experimentation with a wide range of adaptations. Here you will learn that change, not stability, is the nature of our world.

Mammal diversity exploded to include many interesting forms, such as sheep-sized herbivores, fast-running flesh-eaters and small insect-eaters. Beavers, wolf-like Mesonyx, primitive whales, three-toed horses, and rhinos also began to appear.