dinosaur skeleton
Museum's ancient display
A dinosaur skeleton is the preserved or reconstructed bone structure of a dinosaur, typically displayed in museums or studied by paleontologists.
The term usually refers to fossilized remains that have been excavated and assembled: The museum's dinosaur skeleton draws thousands of visitors each year.
Complete dinosaur skeletons are rare; most displays include replica bones filling gaps in the fossil record.
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- museumPublic exhibit space
- excavationAct of unearthing
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- museum exhibitsscience exhibit, interactive exhibit, art displays, fossil exhibit, space exhibit
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- fossilsammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils, fossil
- dinosaur illustrationpaleoart, hunting scene