CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The Field Museum welcomed a new resident on Friday.
The cast of a 46-foot Spinosaurus was hoisted into place on the main floor of the Stanley Field Hall.
“This is the only one in the Western Hemisphere that [is] on display…It’s a really unique for the Field, and, of course, it’s going to be the first thing you see when you walk in from the south entrance,” Julian Siggers, museum CEO, said.
He said it was discovered in 2008 in Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.
Researcher Matteo Fabri said Spinosaurus was the biggest predatory dinosaur to every walk the earth.
“This is the only skeleton known in the world for this species of dinosaur,” Fabri said.
Spinosaurus roamed 95 million years ago. Its cast is positioned in a swimming pose, 12-feet above the ground, to recreate its place as a prehistoric river monster.
To celebrate its arrival, the museum will hold Dino Fest next Saturday, June 10.
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