The Natural History Museum of L.A. County is unveiling a renovated 75,000-square-foot wing to house their newest exhibit, "Gnatalie."
The newly renovated NHM Commons is "a bright and airy space" that features a new museum resident, Gnatalie. Gnatalie is a new species of sauropod unearthed in Utah and now displayed by the LA County museum. She's enormous, larger than two and a half school buses, and her green hue comes from the celadonite that supplanted her bones.
That space includes Gnatalie, a brand new species of sauropod and the first ever green dinosaur skeleton mounted for display, according to Lori Bettison-Varga, the museum's director and president. The museum held a preview event on Wednesday.
Gnatalie (the "g" is silent) is a big deal. It took scientists 15 years to dig up Gnatalie from a hillside in Utah. From head to toe it's about the length of two-and-a-half school buses, its head looking out two south-facing windows. No other sauropod like it is on display.
Yes, its fossilized bones have a green shade. That's from the celadonite mineral that replaced its bones over 150 million years.
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