Clockwise from top left: Deltadromeus with Homo sapien; Paul Sereno with Giacomettisaurus; Suchomimus; Daliraptor (center); the African pterosaur and lungfish. Top right photo and bottom right photo: © M. Hettwer; Top left and lower left photo: T S. Mann © Project Exploration; center photo E. Vecchione © Project Exploration

Transforming
The Transforming area changes the way in which visitors see dinosaurs by bringing the artistic elements of the exhibit to the fore. A human skeleton and Deltadromeus are paired in similar positions to highlight the evolution of the vertebrate body plan. A tunnel of enormous Jobaria rib chimes is suspended above a twisting path. Finally, a Jobaria femur bench provides a resting point for viewing two of the most unusual of the exhibit pieces: Daliraptor, based on Salvador Dali’s “Persistence of Memory,” features a melting Herrerasaurus resting against a Mesozoic clock; and Giacomettisaurus, posed in likeness to Alberto Giacometti’s “Walking Man,” distorts an elongated Eoraptor.

Fishing
This area of GIANTS: African Dinosaurs provides a snapshot of Africa’s fishers 110 million years ago. Surrounded by aroid plants with a heritage dating back to the dinosaur age, Suchomimus lurks behind leafy foliage ready to snatch prey out of the water. Above, the fi rst fl esh reconstruction of an African pterosaur—a similarly-toothed flying reptile—swoops
down upon an ancient leaping lungfish.