Dinosaur communities were separated by both time and geography. The “age of dinosaurs” (the Mesozoic Era) included three consecutive geologic time periods (the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous…
Trapped in a quagmireFamily feastingTactics of modern huntersJust as modern meat-eating animals such as lions combine forces to pull down animals larger than themselves, many flesh-eating theropods…
CarnivoreTeethAwesome jawsStereoscopic eyesightLeg musclesModern hunters and scavengersTyrannosaurus profileAvailability of food for scavenging Tyrannosaurus was the biggest, fiercest, most…
Estimates of dinosaur speeds vary because several different methods are used to calculate them. One recent estimate suggests that an average person might have been able to to outrun an adult…
Internal anatomyExternal anatomyThree-toed feetSome theropodsThe scientific name for meat-eating dinosaurs is theropods, which means “beast-footed”. These fierce hunting carnivores were saurischian…
Internal anatomyExternal anatomyTeeth for rakingTeeth for combingPillarlike legsProsauropodsThe biggest land animals to have lived on Earth were the sauropods, which means “lizard feet”. These…
PterodactylusFossilized Pterodactylus featuresPterodactylus profileFlamboyant headsPelican – the modern fish grabberSoaring high above the land-living dinosaurs were the pterosaurs, which means “…
Assembling the skeletonJoining the neckWelding the frameworkCompleted displayReconstructing a dinosaur skeleton is a complex job as usually only a fraction of the skeleton is recovered.…
Snake neckElasmosaurusJurassic sharkIchthyosaurusFanged predatorNothosaurusGiant of the southern seasKronosaurusSea lizardTylosaurusOn the scentWhile dinosaurs ruled the land, the ocean was the…
