View of Tyrannosaurus Rex (cast) on display in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, Level 2. Scientific Name: Tyrannosaurid theropod. Period: Late Cretaceous (65 million years old.) Location: McCone Co., Montana, USA. Image: © Royal Ontario Museum, 2007. All rights reserved

TORONTO, CA.- Dinosaurs are back at the ROM! The James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs are now open, which along with the Gallery of the Age of Mammals, will be the first two permanent galleries to open in the Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) spectacular new addition, the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

The prism-shaped galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs and Age of Mammals boast 1,450 sq. metres (15,600 sq. feet) of space and 5.4-metre (18-foot) high ceilings to accommodate the Museum’s tallest specimens. The galleries are home to over 750 specimens, including 50 dinosaur specimens, of which 25 are fully-mounted skeletons, as well as 30 fossil mammal skeletons representing the diversity of life during the Age of Dinosaurs and the Age of Mammals.

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View of James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs during installation, Level 2. The marine reptiles: Platecarpus coryphaeus (above), and Trinacromerum kirki (below); Xiphactinus audax (far top), and the giant sea turtle Archelon audax (far bottom). Image: © Royal Ontario Museum, 2007. All rights reserved