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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.
List of Asian dinosaurs; List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs; List of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of New Zealand; List of European dinosaurs; List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs; List of North American dinosaurs. List of Appalachian dinosaurs; List of archosaurs of the Chinle Formation; List of dinosaurs of the Morrison ...
Predatory dinosaurs from this time period included the tyrannosaurids Tyrannosaurus, Nanotyrannus (which may just be a juvenile of the former) and Dryptosaurus, the ornithomimids Ornithomimus, Dromiceiomimus, Struthiomimus, the oviraptorids Anzu, Leptorhynchos and Ojoraptorsaurus, the troodontids Pectinodon, Paronychodon and Troodon, the ...
Step back in time to the Mesozoic Era, where dinosaurs ruled the Earth. With this quiz, you’ll encounter iconic giants like the T. Rex and the Stegosaurus, clever predators like the Velociraptor ...
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 ...
Non-avian Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that dominated terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, from around until , at the end of the Cretaceous period, [1] when all non-avian dinosaurs became extinct. Their remains have been found on every continent, including Antarctica.
Call it shovel and pail-eontology. Three North Dakota boys made the extraordinary discovery of a highly rare Tyrannosaurus rex fossil that could change what we know about dinosaurs.
This is a list of U.S. state dinosaurs in the United States, including the District of Columbia.Many states also have dinosaurs as state fossils, or designate named avian dinosaurs (List of U.S. state birds), but this list only includes those that have been officially designated as "state dinosaurs".