Máximo the Titanosaur

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Máximo the Titanosaur is a mounted cast of a giant Patagotitan mayorum dinosaur, notable as one of the largest dinosaur displays in the world and a centerpiece attraction at Chicago’s Field Museum.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cast skeleton
dinosaur mount
museum exhibit
approximateAge about 100 million years old
basedOn Patagotitan mayorum fossil specimens from Patagonia
category natural history exhibit
paleontology exhibit
construction assembled from cast bones mounted on an internal steel armature
country United States
displayType mounted cast
educationalRole illustrates size of giant sauropod dinosaurs
eraRepresented Late Cretaceous
exhibitArea main Stanley Field Hall of the Field Museum
exhibitedAt Field Museum of Natural History
exhibitStatus permanent exhibit
family Titanosauria
genus Patagotitan
heightApprox about 28 feet at the head
lengthApprox about 122 feet
locatedIn Chicago
Illinois
United States
location Field Museum of Natural History
material fiberglass cast
mediaCoverage widely covered by news outlets at unveiling in 2018
museumSection dinosaur hall / central hall display
namedAfter Spanish name Máximo
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning “greatest” or “maximum” in Spanish
notableFor being one of the largest dinosaur displays in the world
openingDate 2018
orientation freestanding skeleton mount
originRegionOfFossils Patagonia, Argentina
ownership Field Museum of Natural History
publicAccess open to museum visitors
replaces Sue the T. rex as the main central hall dinosaur display
role centerpiece attraction
scientificNameOfSpecies Patagotitan mayorum
sourceInstitution Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
tailFeature tail extends over visitors
taxon Patagotitan mayorum
type titanosaur sauropod
visitorAttraction major draw for Field Museum attendance
visitorInteraction visitors can walk under parts of the skeleton

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Field Museum of Natural History
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