¡Colores!; Earthshaker: Seismosaurus

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · June 29, 2006

#1602 Stereo In 1979, under towering cumulus clouds, two hikers in the Ojito Wilderness Area northwest of Albuquerque made a colossal find. Surrounded by piñon pines and ancient petroglyphs, four huge, largely intact, fossilized dinosaur tailbones were found partially exposed in a sandstone ledge. The size of the bones created enormous excitement--nothing like this had been found! For the next twenty-five years the mystery of Seismosaurus unraveled. The discovery had a significant impact on our understanding of dinosaurs--at 120 feet “Sam” was perhaps the longest dinosaur ever discovered! In 2005, “Sam” made his public debut in a new Jurassic exhibit created at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History (Albuquerque, New Mexico). In addition, the use of new technology from the Los Alamos National Laboratories took paleontology to a new level by pioneering new techniques to find and analyze dinosaur bones. From the thrill of discovery to the grand unveiling, this ¡Colores! tells “Sam’s” fantastic story. Featured are the key players in Sam’s story and through the magic of special 3-D animation we get a glimpse of what Seismosaurus looked like a 150 million years ago. Production for this program made possible in part by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in partnership with the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico Arts a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation.