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Muttaburrasaurus
The plants, animals and climate of the Australian continent have changed dramatically over long periods of time. Imagine this giant creature roaming the luxuriant wet forests that covered parts of the continent in the Cretaceous period, about 100-110 million years ago. The Muttaburrasaurus ambled along on all four legs or stood on its hind legs. Its large teeth were well adapted to eat tough vegetation such as the leathery foliage of the evergreen forests of Araucaria trees, ancient relatives of the bunya pine of south-eastern Queensland.
In 1963, grazier Doug Langdon discovered the fossilised bones of a dinosaur on his property near Muttaburra in central-west Queensland. It was one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons found in Australia. The bones belonged to a new species of ornithopod and palaeontologists named it Muttaburrasaurus langdoni.

Cast of Muttaburresaurus langdoni 1987 made by Queensland Museum, Brisbane National Museum of Australia
Taxons Muttaburrasaurus

Muttaburrasaurus The plants, animals and climate of the Australian continent have changed dramatically over long periods of time. Imagine this giant creature roaming the luxuriant wet forests that covered parts of the continent in the Cretaceous period, about 100-110 million years ago. The Muttaburrasaurus ambled along on all four legs or stood on its hind legs. Its large teeth were well adapted to eat tough vegetation such as the leathery foliage of the evergreen forests of Araucaria trees, ancient relatives of the bunya pine of south-eastern Queensland. In 1963, grazier Doug Langdon discovered the fossilised bones of a dinosaur on his property near Muttaburra in central-west Queensland. It was one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons found in Australia. The bones belonged to a new species of ornithopod and palaeontologists named it Muttaburrasaurus langdoni. Cast of Muttaburresaurus langdoni 1987 made by Queensland Museum, Brisbane National Museum of Australia

os musée Australie Crétacé +5
Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942) - fossil ceratopsian dinosaur skeleton from the Cretaceous of Montana, USA. (MOR 542, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA)
The species name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "cerorhynchos".  The original publication spells it "cerorhynchus".  The genus name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Montanaceratops".
Ceratopsians are the "horned dinosaurs".  They were large, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs having a beaked skull and a frill - an extension of bone behind the skull that partially covered the neck.  Ceratopsian dinosaurs are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.  The last members of the group died out at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, 65 million years ago.
This is a partial skeleton of a juvenile Montanoceratops, a ceratopsian from the near-latest Cretaceous of western North America.  This type of ceratopsian lacked facial horns.


From exhibit signage:
Sixty-eight million years ago, when the horned dinosaurs Triceratops and Torosaurus inhabited the coastal plain near the inland ocean, primitive "horned" dinosaurs named Montanoceratops lived in uplands near the young Rocky Mountains.  These little protoceratopsians fed on plants with slicing teeth and narrow beaks similar to their giant three-horned relatives.


Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Reptilia, Archosauria, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Leptoceratopsidae
Stratigraphy: St. Mary River Formation, Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Cretaceous
Locality: Little Rocky Coulee, north of the town of Cut Bank, eastern Glacier County, northwestern Montana, USA


Info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montanoceratops
Taxons Montanoceratops

Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942) - fossil ceratopsian dinosaur skeleton from the Cretaceous of Montana, USA. (MOR 542, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA) The species name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "cerorhynchos". The original publication spells it "cerorhynchus". The genus name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Montanaceratops". Ceratopsians are the "horned dinosaurs". They were large, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs having a beaked skull and a frill - an extension of bone behind the skull that partially covered the neck. Ceratopsian dinosaurs are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. The last members of the group died out at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, 65 million years ago. This is a partial skeleton of a juvenile Montanoceratops, a ceratopsian from the near-latest Cretaceous of western North America. This type of ceratopsian lacked facial horns. From exhibit signage: Sixty-eight million years ago, when the horned dinosaurs Triceratops and Torosaurus inhabited the coastal plain near the inland ocean, primitive "horned" dinosaurs named Montanoceratops lived in uplands near the young Rocky Mountains. These little protoceratopsians fed on plants with slicing teeth and narrow beaks similar to their giant three-horned relatives. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Reptilia, Archosauria, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Leptoceratopsidae Stratigraphy: St. Mary River Formation, Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Cretaceous Locality: Little Rocky Coulee, north of the town of Cut Bank, eastern Glacier County, northwestern Montana, USA Info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montanoceratops

os musée États-Unis Crétacé +17
Partial skeleton of Claosaurus agilis (holotype YPM 1190).

(A) Right ilium in lateral view. (B) Partial postorbital in lateral view. (C) Distal process of the right ischium in lateral view. (D) Mounted partial skeleton of YPM 1190. (E) Coronoid process of the right dentary in lateral view. (F) Fragment of maxilla in lateral view. (G) Detail of the maxillary tooth crowns in (F). (H) Fragment of maxilla in lateral view. (I) Detail of a maxillary tooth crown in (H).
Taxons Claosaurus

Partial skeleton of Claosaurus agilis (holotype YPM 1190). (A) Right ilium in lateral view. (B) Partial postorbital in lateral view. (C) Distal process of the right ischium in lateral view. (D) Mounted partial skeleton of YPM 1190. (E) Coronoid process of the right dentary in lateral view. (F) Fragment of maxilla in lateral view. (G) Detail of the maxillary tooth crowns in (F). (H) Fragment of maxilla in lateral view. (I) Detail of a maxillary tooth crown in (H).

dent holotype Claosaurus partiel +1
Skeleton identified as Nemegtomaia by Greg Funston.[1] Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs, Ulaanbaatar. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Taxons Nemegtomaia

Skeleton identified as Nemegtomaia by Greg Funston.[1] Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs, Ulaanbaatar. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

musée Dinosauria Nemegtomaia squelette
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis skeleton displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum
Taxons Yangchuanosaurus

Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis skeleton displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum

musée Yangchuanosaurus squelette
Skeleton of Sinovenator on display at the Tianjin Natural History Museum.
Taxons Sinovenator

Skeleton of Sinovenator on display at the Tianjin Natural History Museum.

musée Sinovenator squelette
Photograph of the skeleton of Patagosaurus fariasi Bonaparte, 1979. The skeleton is on display at Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, in Argentina. Patagosaurus is a basal eusauropodan, closely related to Cetiosaurus possibly within Cetiosauridae. Photograph by Mathijs de Bruijne.
Taxons Patagosaurus

Photograph of the skeleton of Patagosaurus fariasi Bonaparte, 1979. The skeleton is on display at Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, in Argentina. Patagosaurus is a basal eusauropodan, closely related to Cetiosaurus possibly within Cetiosauridae. Photograph by Mathijs de Bruijne.

Argentine Cetiosauria Cetiosauridae Eusauropoda +2
Skeleton of Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum
Taxons Chungkingosaurus

Skeleton of Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum

musée Chungkingosaurus squelette
Reconstructed Mononykus olecranus skeleton (AMNH 28508 and AMNH 28498) on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
Taxons Mononykus

Reconstructed Mononykus olecranus skeleton (AMNH 28508 and AMNH 28498) on display at the American Museum of Natural History.

musée Mononykus squelette
Fossil skeleton of Qianichthyosaurus zhoui on display at the Geological Museum of China.
Taxons Qianichthyosaurus

Fossil skeleton of Qianichthyosaurus zhoui on display at the Geological Museum of China.

musée Chine fossile Qianichthyosaurus +1
Photograph of a fossil cast of a Keichousaurus hui skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.
Taxons Keichousaurus

Photograph of a fossil cast of a Keichousaurus hui skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.

musée moulage fossile Keichousaurus +1
Skeleton of '"Gyposaurus" sinensis on display at the Geological Museum of China.
Taxons Gyposaurus

Skeleton of '"Gyposaurus" sinensis on display at the Geological Museum of China.

musée Chine Gyposaurus squelette
Skeleton of Herrerasaurus
Taxons Herrerasaurus

Skeleton of Herrerasaurus

Herrerasaurus squelette
Dicraeosaurus skeleton at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Taxons Dicraeosaurus

Dicraeosaurus skeleton at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

musée Dicraeosaurus squelette
Composite skeleton wall mount of Lambeosaurus at Pacific Museum of Earth
Taxons Lambeosaurus

Composite skeleton wall mount of Lambeosaurus at Pacific Museum of Earth

musée Lambeosauria squelette
The mounted skeleton of Brachiosaurus altithorax outside the Field Museum in Chicago, based on the holotype FMNH P25107, with missing parts filled in from the mounted Giraffatitan brancai MB.R.2181 at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
Taxons Brachiosaurus

The mounted skeleton of Brachiosaurus altithorax outside the Field Museum in Chicago, based on the holotype FMNH P25107, with missing parts filled in from the mounted Giraffatitan brancai MB.R.2181 at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

musée holotype Brachiosauria Giraffatitan +1
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Actualités

Un fossile de « Sword Dragon » vieux de 190 millions d’années réécrit l’histoire des ichtyosaures
Royaume-Uni Jurassique fossile Ichthyosauria évolution squelette
Un ichtyosaure nouvellement identifié de la côte jurassique du Royaume-Uni est en train de réécrire une partie du manuel préhistorique. Surnommé le « dragon-épée du Dorset », ce reptile marin de trois mètres de long a vécu pendant une période d’évolution mal comprise, au cours de laquelle les principaux groupes d’ichtyosaures disparaissaient et de nouveaux apparaissaient. Son squelette magnifiquement préservé – doté d’un museau en forme de lame et d’un éventuel dernier repas – permet de déterminer le moment où cette transition dramatique s’est produite.
24/02/2026 sciencedaily ⚙ Traduction automatique
Hesperosuchus: Beast of the Week
Hesperosuchus : Bête de la semaine
Mexique États-Unis Trias supérieur Trias fossile squelette
Cette semaine, nous allons découvrir un parent de crocodiliens modernes qui a trompé les scientifiques à plusieurs reprises !  Entrez Hesperosuchus agilis ! Hesperosuchus était un pseudosuchien (lié aux crocodiliens) qui vivait dans ce qui est aujourd'hui l'Arizona et le Nouveau-Mexique, aux États-Unis, à la fin du Trias, il y a environ 210 millions d'années.  Il s'agissait probablement d'un mangeur de viande et, du museau à la queue, le squelette le plus complet mesure environ 1,2 m (4 pieds), mais d'autres fossiles suggèrent qu'il aurait pu devenir plus grand, jusqu'à environ 1,2 m.
01/02/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek ⚙ Traduction automatique
Une maladie perdue émerge de restes humains vieux de 5 500 ans
Colombie évolution squelette
Un squelette colombien vieux de 5 500 ans a révélé le plus ancien génome connu de la bactérie liée à la syphilis et aux maladies associées. L’ancienne souche ne rentre pas parfaitement dans les catégories modernes, faisant allusion à une forme oubliée qui s’est divisée au début de l’évolution de l’agent pathogène. Cela repousse l’histoire des maladies tréponémiques dans les Amériques de plusieurs millénaires et montre qu’elles se diversifiaient déjà bien avant les documents écrits.
26/01/2026 sciencedaily-human-evo ⚙ Traduction automatique
Un fossile légendaire oblige les scientifiques à repenser les origines humaines
Afrique du Sud fossile origine humaine nouvelle espèce squelette
L'un des fossiles d'ancêtres humains les plus complets jamais découverts pourrait appartenir à une espèce entièrement nouvelle, selon une équipe de recherche internationale. Le célèbre squelette du « Little Foot » d’Afrique du Sud a longtemps été débattu, mais de nouvelles analyses suggèrent qu’il ne correspond vraiment à aucune espèce d’australopithèque connue. Au lieu de cela, les chercheurs affirment que son mélange unique de caractéristiques pointe vers un parent humain jusqu’alors non identifié, remodelant les idées sur la diversité humaine primitive.
05/01/2026 sciencedaily-human-evo ⚙ Traduction automatique
Des os de dinosaures découverts presque les uns sur les autres en Transylvanie
os bassin Roumanie fossile Dinosauria Titanosauria squelette
Des scientifiques explorant le bassin de Hațeg en Roumanie ont découvert l’un des sites de fossiles de dinosaures les plus denses jamais découverts, avec des os presque les uns sur les autres. Le site K2 préserve des milliers de vestiges d’un lac préhistorique alimenté en crue qui agissait comme un piège osseux naturel il y a 72 millions d’années. Aux côtés de dinosaures locaux communs, les chercheurs ont découvert les premiers squelettes de titanosaures bien conservés jamais découverts dans la région. Le site révèle comment les anciens écosystèmes européens de dinosaures se sont formés et ont évolué au cours de cette période.
23/12/2025 sciencedaily ⚙ Traduction automatique
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