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The Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era

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Discover life on Earth in Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era. See fossils from a Columbian mammoth that lived in the Ice Age, or wonder at the size of an Irish Elk’s enormous antlers. Discover the diverse and fascinating creatures that lived in the 66 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs and learn how they related to today’s mammals!

Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era features specimens discovered all over the world, including a large number of Ice Age fossils. Learn about the 55 million-year evolutionary history of the horse or the hunting practices of saber-toothed cats. Exhibits include a dire wolf, giant ground sloth, and specimen groupings that illustrate anatomical changes through time.

Animals in Cenozoic Hall

Meet our Mammalogists

Wible, John

John Wible, M.S.

Curator of Mammals

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McLaren, Suzanne

Suzanne McLaren, M.S.

Collection Manager of Mammals

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Sarah Shelley

Sarah Shelley, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Mammals

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Learn about the Mammal Collection at the Museum

The Section of Mammals houses a research collection consisting of more than 118,553 specimens. The main collection is housed at the Edward O’Neil Research Center, about two miles from the main Carnegie Museum of Natural History building.

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Meet our Vertebrate Paleontologists

Lamanna, Matt

Matt Lamanna, Ph.D.

Mary R. Dawson Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Henrici, Amy

Amy Henrici, M.S.

Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Learn about the Fossil Vertebrate Collection at the Museum

The Section of Vertebrate Paleontology collection began in 1895 with the sponsorship of Andrew Carnegie. In the early 20th century, the Carnegie Corporation supported the museum’s numerous paleontological expeditions to the American West, building one of the best dinosaur collections in the world. More recent efforts by Vertebrate Paleontology staff have concentrated on collecting mammals, reptiles, and amphibians from the Cenozoic and tetrapods from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic.

Learn about the Section of Vertebrate Paleontology

Blogs about the Cenozoic

  • Clues

    Clues

    April 2, 2018
    By Amy Henrici Collection Managers often solve fossil mysteries, and sometimes we have only a few clues to assist us. A recent …
  • Renovating Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era

    Renovating Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era

    February 26, 2018
    Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s exhibition team has been working on renovating parts of Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era which features fascinating …
  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    February 26, 2018
    Did you know that Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Cenozoic Era: Age of Mammals exhibition contains more than 30 mounted real fossil …
  • Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era Opens

    Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era Opens

    September 11, 2017
    Friends of Carnegie Museum of Natural History celebrated the reopening of a popular exhibition hall this weekend and honored Joe and Kathy …

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