MEET MAX
Hidden in Colorado mudstone for 150 million years, the prehistoric bones unearthed in 1878 were enormous – the largest dinosaur fossils ever discovered to date. As the Bone Wars raged across the American West, the planet’s long-held secret revealed a massive sauropod spanning more than 190 feet. Amphicoelias fragillimus, nicknamed Max, fended off the fiercest predators with his unimaginable size and a powerful tail proven to unleash at supersonic speed.
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Paleontologist Frank Hadfield builds skeletons for museums around the world, and also discovered the first two feathered dinosaurs in the western hemisphere. Follow Frank and the science team as they reconstruct the world’s first and only full-scale Amphicoelias fragillimus skeleton.
TRAVELING EXHIBIT
The full-scale skeleton of Maximus has been designed to be mobile for use during premieres screening and as a standalone exhibit for theatres and science centers. In less than a day, the specimen can be erected and will create significant attention from local, regional and international media outlets. In addition, theatres can request a lobby exhibit that includes full-scale femur, vertebra, fleshed out head and foot along with learning materials suitable for all ages.
BRING MAX HOME.
TIMELINE
233M YEARS AGO
The rise of the first dinosaurs
201M YEARS AGO
The Jurassic Period begins and the largest creatures ever to inhabit the world rise to dominance.
150M YEARS AGO
Max hatches and lives more than a century before his death in Colorado.
65M YEARS AGO
The reign of the dinosaurs end when a giant meteor hits the Yucatan peninsula.
1872
Following the American Civil War. ‘The Bone Wars’ begin as E.D. Cope (L) and Charles Marsh (R) battle to be the world’s premier ‘dinosaur hunter’.
1877
While working for E.D. Cope, Oramel Lucas discovers Maximus’ vertebra and femur.
1878
E.D. Cope releases a detailed scientific paper describing Max’s species. The remains of Max are shipped via train to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and are documented as received.
1879
The remains of Max disappear from the American Museum of Natural History.
1997
Dr. Phil Currie proves that Max’s tail moved at supersonic speeds.
2006
Dr. Ken Carpenter writes a scientific paper defining Max’s species as Amphicoelias Fragillimus.
