The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall. Anthony Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall. Anthony Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times

Last week, the Field Museum unveiled its latest addition to its dinosaur collection: a 46-foot-long Spinosaurus that walked the Earth almost 95 million years ago.

Reset chats with a dinosaur curator to learn more about the semi-aquatic creature.

GUEST: Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Field Museum

The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall. Anthony Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall
The Field Museum’s Spinosaurus waits to be hoisted for display Friday in Stanley Field Hall. Anthony Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times

Last week, the Field Museum unveiled its latest addition to its dinosaur collection: a 46-foot-long Spinosaurus that walked the Earth almost 95 million years ago.

Reset chats with a dinosaur curator to learn more about the semi-aquatic creature.

GUEST: Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Field Museum