Fossils & Evolution

Watch the construction of Gordo, the Royal Ontario Museum's Barosaurus skeleton mounted in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs. The real fossil specimen is the largest dinosaur ever to be mounted in Canada at almost 27.5 metres (90 feet) in length.

This rare, longnecked sauropod skeleton is the largest mounted dinosaur in Canada stretching 90 feet long across the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs. The barosaurus is just one of the Royal Ontario Museum's iconic objects.

Associate Curator Jean-Bernard Caron takes us behind-the-scenes for a brief peak at the collection storage for the Burgess Shale fossils.

The new Burgess Shale website launches December 1, 2011 at http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca.

Assistant Curator, Janet Waddington on the ROM's cast of Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the first specimens to be installed in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs before it opened in 2007.

Hugh Brewster, author of Breakout Dinosaurs: Canada's Coolest, Scariest Ancient Creatures -- Return!, reveals some of his favourite dinosaurs. His ninth children's book, created with ROM curators, is filled with fascinating facts and captivating images.

On location in South Africa, David Evans, Curator Vertebrate Palaeontology, shows us where he collected the dinosaur nest that is on temporarily on display in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs.

The new Burgess Shale website launches December 1, 2011 at http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca.

The new Burgess Shale website launches December 1, 2011 at http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca.

Watch how the team at Research Casting International makes a dinosaur! You can see their handiwork in Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana, presented by investment dealer Raymond James Ltd. This time-limited exhibition opens on June 23, 2012.

Created by Amanda Fruci.