2David H. Koch Hall of Fossils, Deep Time

Seven hundred fossils tell the story of life on Earth over billions of years, with the Nation's T. rex, a Triceratops, a woolly mammoth and giant ground sloths.

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The Nation's T. rex

About sixty-six million years ago, Late Cretaceous; discovered 1988

First floor, David H. Koch Hall of Fossils, Deep Time

Hatcher the Triceratops

About sixty-six million years ago, Late Cretaceous; collected 1891

First floor, David H. Koch Hall of Fossils, Deep Time

Phoenix, the North Atlantic Right Whale

2008

First floor, Sant Ocean Hall

Giant Squid

Collected 2005

First floor, Sant Ocean Hall

Basilosaurus, an Ancient Whale

About thirty-five to forty million years ago, Eocene

First floor, Sant Ocean Hall