dinosaur fossils
Prehistoric reptile remains
Dinosaur fossils are the preserved remains or traces of dinosaurs—bones, teeth, eggs, footprints, or skin impressions mineralized into rock over millions of years.
These specimens provide the primary evidence for understanding prehistoric life: The museum's dinosaur fossils draw thousands of visitors each year.
Scientists use them to reconstruct anatomy, behavior, and evolutionary relationships.
- ammonitesExtinct coiled-shell cephalopods
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- coprolitesFossilized animal excrement
- dig siteArchaeological excavation location
Velociraptor · stratigraphy · theropods · fossil · sauropods · feathers · Jurassic · sedimentation · fieldwork · museum display · natural history · radiometric dating · mass extinction · teeth · petrified · vertebrae · extinction · dig
- museum collectionsart collections, art collection, paintings, antiquities, historical artifacts
- Mesozoicdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, pterosaurs
- natural history museumsdioramas, taxidermy, specimens, exhibits, displays
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, mammoth
- Gobicold desert, fossil beds, sandstorm, dust storm
- FukuiObama, Ono
dinosaur fossilsliving creatures
Entities possessing biological processes
living organisms · modern birds · decomposing matter · birds