Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 120, December 2014, pp. 1-29. | Page 4

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The remains of the adult female dinosaur were discovered in a sleeping position
in 2008 at the Dana Quarry in the US state of Wyoming. It was excavated over a
period of 2 years. She died during a drought at the Dana Quarry, as it was a
natural trap for predators and prey. The dinosaur exhibit was air-freighted from
the US to its new home at The Dubai Mall.
This ―Sleeping Beauty‖ Sauropod Dinosaur was as heavy as five elephants and
herbivore. Its long neck helped it to swing side-to-side fast and to reach tree tops
for food. It simply gulped down whole branches and leaves without chewing. It
stood as tall as five people stacked up and stretched as long as five cars bumper
to bumper. Very little blood supply was needed to its tiny brain. Blood pumped
up every 10 minutes was good enough.
―No comparable exhibit, with nearly all bones completing the skeleton, exists
elsewhere. Yes, the dinosaur before you is as real as it gets and complete,‖ it says
in a special Dubai Mall leaflet.
The specimen was previously displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural
Science in the US state of Texas. It was sourced through Khalid Seddiq, founder
of Etihad Modern Art Gallery in Abu Dhabi (Masudi, 2014).

Head and Neck Fossil Bones of the Long-necked Whip-tailed Sauropod Dinosaur
(Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus) at Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE. Photo by: Prof. Dr. Sc.
Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von Jaffa. 13.04.2014.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/13873730403/
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 120 – December 2014