Sea Monsters Unearthed

“Sea Monsters Unearthed” will immerse visitors underwater in both Cretaceous and modern ocean environments with vivid paleoart of life beneath the waves—courtesy of natural history artist Karen Carr. 72 million years ago, Angola’s Cretaceous seas were dominated by many species of large, carnivorous marine reptiles. 

The assemblage of fossils on display in the “Sea Monsters Unearthed” provides paleontologists with a snapshot of a moment in place and time, allowing them to compare this bygone ecosystem to today’s ocean. “Sea Monsters Unearthed” reveals how this ancient coastal ecosystem was both different from and similar to Angola’s coastal ecosystem today.

Image: Karen Carr