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Cast of the known material of Acheroraptor, on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's exhibit The Last American Dinosaurs.
Taxa Acheroraptor

Cast of the known material of Acheroraptor, on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's exhibit The Last American Dinosaurs.

museum cast Acheroraptor Dinosauria
Jinfengopteryx elegans fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum
Taxa Jinfengopteryginae

Jinfengopteryx elegans fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum

museum fossil Jinfengopteryginae Jinfengopteryx
Boreopterus sp., Liaoning Palaeontological Museum
Taxa Boreopteridae

Boreopterus sp., Liaoning Palaeontological Museum

museum Boreopteridae Boreopterus
Boreopterus sp., Liaoning Palaeontological Museum
Taxa Boreopterus

Boreopterus sp., Liaoning Palaeontological Museum

museum Boreopteridae Boreopterus
Proceratosaurus bradleyi holotype NHMUK PV R 4860. Almost complete skull and mandibles in articulation, hyoid element and anterior cervical vertebrae in oolite block.
Taxa Proceratosauridae

Proceratosaurus bradleyi holotype NHMUK PV R 4860. Almost complete skull and mandibles in articulation, hyoid element and anterior cervical vertebrae in oolite block.

museum holotype Proceratosauridae Proceratosaurus +1
Restored Placochelys placodonta skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Taxa Placochelyidae

Restored Placochelys placodonta skull at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

museum Placochelyidae Placochelys skull
Blue Dinosaur Royal Ontario Museum
Taxa Lognkosauria

Blue Dinosaur Royal Ontario Museum

museum United States Dinosauria Lognkosauria
Fossil of Quetzalcoatlus, an extinct pterosaur- Took the photo at Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt
Taxa Quetzalcoatlus

Fossil of Quetzalcoatlus, an extinct pterosaur- Took the photo at Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt

museum fossil Pterosauria Quetzalcoatlus
Holotype skeleton (AGB 6257) of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus on display at the Geological Museum of China.
Taxa Omphalosauridae

Holotype skeleton (AGB 6257) of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus on display at the Geological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Omphalosauridae +1
Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Taxa Allosauridae

Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

museum United States Allosauria Allosauridae +1
Ctenochasma elegans (syn. Pterodactylus elegans) fossil from Solnhofen, Germany

American Museum of Natural History, New York, FR-5147
Received in exchange from the Paläontologisches Museum München, 1909
Taxa Ctenochasmatidae

Ctenochasma elegans (syn. Pterodactylus elegans) fossil from Solnhofen, Germany American Museum of Natural History, New York, FR-5147 Received in exchange from the Paläontologisches Museum München, 1909

museum Germany fossil Ctenochasma +2
Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.
Taxa Mosasaurini

Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.

museum Netherlands Mosasaurini Mosasaurus +1
Carnotaurus in Chlupáč museum in Prague
Taxa Brachyrostra

Carnotaurus in Chlupáč museum in Prague

museum Brachyrostra Carnotaurus
Collage of three leptoceratopsids, clockwise from top left: Prenoceratops, Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Leptoceratopsidae on Wikipedia.
File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Prenoceratops pieganensis -1.jpg
File:Montanoceratops Royal Tyrrell 1.jpg
File:Leptoceratopsidae - Leptoceratops.JPG
File:Leptoceratops skull Royal Tyrrell.jpg
Taxa Leptoceratopsidae

Collage of three leptoceratopsids, clockwise from top left: Prenoceratops, Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Leptoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Prenoceratops pieganensis -1.jpg File:Montanoceratops Royal Tyrrell 1.jpg File:Leptoceratopsidae - Leptoceratops.JPG File:Leptoceratops skull Royal Tyrrell.jpg

museum Leptoceratops Leptoceratopsidae Montanoceratops +2
Mounted replica of a composite skeleton of Edmontosaurus annectens on display at the University of Oxford Museum, Oxford, England. The original skeleton is compiled from disarticulated fossil bones from a bonebed of the Hell Creek Formation, exposed in the Ruth Mason Quarry in Harding County, South Dakota. It is 8.5 m (28 ft.) long and the skull is almost 1 m (39 in.) in length.[1][2]


↑ Dinosaurs in the Museum. Oxford University Museum of Natural History (brochure, PDF), p. 7

↑ BHI Fossil Replica Catalog 2012. Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc., Hill City, SD, 2012 (PDF), p. 22
Taxa Saurolophinae

Mounted replica of a composite skeleton of Edmontosaurus annectens on display at the University of Oxford Museum, Oxford, England. The original skeleton is compiled from disarticulated fossil bones from a bonebed of the Hell Creek Formation, exposed in the Ruth Mason Quarry in Harding County, South Dakota. It is 8.5 m (28 ft.) long and the skull is almost 1 m (39 in.) in length.[1][2] ↑ Dinosaurs in the Museum. Oxford University Museum of Natural History (brochure, PDF), p. 7 ↑ BHI Fossil Replica Catalog 2012. Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc., Hill City, SD, 2012 (PDF), p. 22

bone museum Hell Creek fossil +6
Amargasaurus lived in the  Cretaceous Period, about 100 million years ago.Photo taken in Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Taxa Dicraeosauridae

Amargasaurus lived in the Cretaceous Period, about 100 million years ago.Photo taken in Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

museum Australia Cretaceous Amargasaurus +1
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Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
museum Germany Jurassic fossil Ichthyosauria Ichthyosaurus Jabalisaurus new species
Dr. Erin Maxwell from the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart and colleagues have identified a second species from the German Plattenkalk limestone deposits: Jabalisaurus tethyensis. The post Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
11/08/2026 sci-news
Scientists rediscover lost Megalodon fossils—and reveal a 79-foot giant
vertebra museum fossil
Several enormous Megalodon vertebrae thought to have been destroyed in 1989 were found sitting unnoticed on a museum shelf. Their analysis strengthens evidence that the giant shark could exceed 24 meters (79 feet) in length and live for nearly a century. Researchers also estimate that its newborns may have measured an astonishing 3.6 meters (12 feet).
07/08/2026 sciencedaily
This school-bus-sized “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back
museum fossil Dinosauria Georgia skeleton
A massive crocodilian capable of attacking dinosaurs has been brought back to life as the first scientifically accurate mounted skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri. The 31-foot replica at Georgia’s Tellus Science Museum was built from detailed fossil scans and more than 40 years of research by paleontologist Dr. David Schwimmer, for whom the species was named.
05/08/2026 sciencedaily
Seal Underwater Hearing Explained by New Research
museum evolution mammals study
A team of international scientists has uncovered the remarkable mechanism behind seal underwater hearing. A new study, led by researchers from the London Natural History Museum reveals how extant seals hear equally well in air and underwater. The findings help to explain a long-standing evolutionary mystery and could support future conservation efforts. The research, published
16/07/2026 everythingdinosaur
Il devient le dinosaure le plus cher du monde en 10 minutes : voici l’incroyable histoire de Gus
He becomes the most expensive dinosaur in the world in 10 minutes: here is Gus' incredible story
museum Dinosauria Tyrannosaurus skeleton
It spent 67 million years buried in the ground before shaking an auction house. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed “Gus” was sold for $50.13 million at Sotheby’s in New York. An absolute record for a dinosaur, which revives the debate on the privatization of...
15/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated
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