dimensions

The specimen is complete with nearly every single bone preserved and unusually, it is preserved in three dimensions, where most pterosaurs tend to be crushed flat.

They kept the field dimensions, re-created the limestone and granite façade, preserved views up to the elevated rail tracks and approximated the original frieze above the upper deck.

“I appreciate how important all of those dimensions of what’s happening in the state are and also how urgent the situation is for the owl,” commission Vice President Erika Zavaleta said.

To prevent a catastrophe, the team measured all of the rooms and taped down the dimensions in their home studio of Pasadena Civic Ballet.

As packs of prehistoric dimensions prepare for a set-piece, often only the referee offers a sense of human scale.