On January 21, speaker Dr. Donald Henderson of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology will be presenting “Over the Heads of Dinosaurs – Pterosaurs!” Winged Reptiles (pterosaurs) appeared at the same time as the first dinosaurs, about 230 million years ago. Pterosaurs were the size of sparrows to animals known with wingspans of 10-12 metres.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum Speaker Series runs from January 21 to April 28 every Thursday at 11:00 AM in the Museum Auditorium. This year there are 17 guest speakers from institutions around the world who will present seminars on a great diversity of topics, including mass extinctions, modern and fossil mammals, fossils uncovered by the 2013 Alberta flood, the search for life on other planets, and dinosaurs. Seminars are open to members of the public free of charge. The sessions are geared for a more adult audience, rather than school-age level, but anyone is welcome to attend.
The sessions are approximately one hour in length as it depends on the speaker. The presentations are also made available on the Royal Tyrrell Museum YouTube Channel the following week (you can see past years here as well). More information on the series can be found here.