Discovery Channel Megabeasts - Mosasaur Episode featuring Paleontologist James Lamb - Sept 13, 2009

Update: Check your schedule for the air time, the show is now scheduled for 10pm ET, which is 9pm Central time here in Birmingham.  The mosasaur episode is titled "T-rex of the Deep".  The "Terror Bird" episode is now scheduled for 8pm Central time.

The Discovery Channel is airing an all new multi-part special event MEGABEASTS that showcases ferocious species of dinosaurs, creatures of enormous size and deadly force. Using mind-blowing CGI to bring these creatures to life, MEGABEASTS reveals how these mysterious creatures functioned and behaved, what they looked like, how they fought, what they ate...and what ate them. Meet a few of the MEGABEASTS: The Terror Bird, a giant bird that bashed in its victims' brains with its mighty beak; and The Mosasaur, a fearsome marine monster with an extra row of teeth on the roof of its mouth and that dined on giant sharks. Each episode is an action-packed detective story, bringing the mega beast back to life from fossil clues and modern analogues.

The Sunday September 13th show is the Mosasaur episode.  It will air at 8pm? ET, and will feature James Lamb, Paleontologist at McWane Science Center, located in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Colorado Community Newspaper wrote an article titled "Dinosaur Center's Mosasaurs heading for TV Stardom", including an interview with James Lamb.

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Date: 
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 7:00pm