Carnegie's Dinosaurs Strike a New Pose

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The Steelers aren't the only Pittsburgh dynasty celebrating an anniversary.

Dinosaur Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland turns 100 this year. And the original all-star dinosaur team is back after more than two years in hibernation.

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Carnegie's Dinosaurs Strike a New Pose

"Dinosaurs in Their Time," a permanent exhibit that opens Wednesday, reintroduces some of the Carnegie's most charismatic dinosaurs -- Allosaurus fragilis, Apatosaurus louisae and Diplodocus "Dippy" carnegii.

Their skeletons have been cleaned and repositioned to feature them in lifelike poses that reflect scientific revisions of their posture and biomechanics.

The Allosaurus skeleton, for example, used to look like it ...

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