Mesalands Dinosaur Museum
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N 35° 10.417 W 103° 43.439
13S E 616195 N 3893042
This History Museum, operated by Mesalands Community College, is located at 222 E Laughlin Avenue in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMHE6J
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2013
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From the museum web page:
The Exhibit Hall at the Mesaland’s Community College’s Dinosaur Museum houses a host of replicated and original fossils from tiny footprint casts to the 40' long skeleton Torvosaurus, a rare carnivore relative of Tyrannosaurus rex which hails from the Jurassic period.
The Museum’s focus is on the Mesozoic period, which is also known as ‘The Age of Dinosaurs.’ The Mesozoic is comprised of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.