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Dinosaur Park formation: Its name is a combination of Bloss (the name of a local fossil hunter) and awesome. [175] Bucky TCM 2001.90.1 Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Tyrannosaurus rex: Late Cretaceous: Named after Bucky Derflinger who discovered it. Bucky the T. rex: Casper Statens Naturhistoriske Museum [176] [177] Tyrannosaurus rex ...
Qianjiangsaurus is the first distinct dinosaur taxon to be named from the Zhengyang Formation. Fragmentary specimens belonging to unnamed titanosaurs and theropods (including tyrannosauroids and putative carnosaurs ) have also been found.
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Dazzle the Dinosaur: Marcus Pfister: Dinosaur Dinosaur: Dinosaur vs. Bedtime: Bob Shea: An unnamed young dinosaur taking on a series of challenges before going to bed. Edwina Alamosaurus: Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct: Mo Willems: A kind and well-loved dinosaur, ostracised only by Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. No name Unknown
Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research.
Lesothosaurus is a monospecific genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho. It was named by paleontologist Peter Galton in 1978, the name meaning "lizard from Lesotho". The genus has only one valid species, Lesothosaurus diagnosticus.
Dinosaurs that lived in the Ross Dependency, a part of Antarctica within the Realm of New Zealand, include the tetanuran Cryolophosaurus.The Ross Dependency, unlike the Chatham Islands, is not actually part of New Zealand, and this is why it is excluded from the list above until sufficient evidence shows that it entered what was the sector of Gondwana that is now New Zealand.
Dryosaurus (/ ˌ d r aɪ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / DRY-ə-SOR-əs, meaning 'tree lizard', Greek δρῦς (drys) meaning 'tree, oak' and σαυρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard'; the name reflects the forested habitat, not a vague oak-leaf shape of its cheek teeth as is sometimes assumed) is a genus of an ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period.