Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Varanus (Megalania) Priscus
Varanus priscus was a prehistoric lizard that lived in Australia in the Pleistocene Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Genyornis Newtoni
Genyornis newtoni was a gigantic, non-flying bird that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene Period. It is sometimes referred to as a 'thunder bird' due to its large size. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Diprotodon Optatum
Diprotodon optatum was a prehistoric marsupial from Australia that lived during the Pleistocene Period. The wombat and the koala are descendants. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Anhanguera Blittersdorffi
Anhanguera blittersdorffi was a carnivorous pterosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Ankylosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows the restoration of an Ankylosaurus skeleton from side on. Ankylosaurus was a bulky dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period (around 66 million years ago). For more information on this interesting...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Brachiosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of a Brachiosaurus skeleton. Brachiosaurus was part of a family of huge dinosaurs known as Sauropods, it reached around 26 metres (85 feet) in length and lived in North America. For more information on...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Stegosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a Stegosaurus skeleton on display at the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah. The Stegosaurus is a well known dinosaur from the late Jurassic Period that featured distinctive bones along its spine. For...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Stegosaurus Skeleton Drawing
This drawing shows the restoration of a Stegosaurus skeleton. Stegosaurus was large, herbivorous dinosaur from the late Jurassic Period. For more information on this interesting dinosaur check out our Stegosaurus facts page.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Argentinosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Argentinosaurus skeleton in a special exhibition of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg (a natural history museum in Frankfurt, Germany). Argentinosaurus was a massive Sauropod dinosaur from the mid...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Amargasaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a mounted skeleton of Amargasaurus, a Sauropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period (around 130 million years ago). Amargasaurus was small for a Sauropod and featured two rows of spines down its neck and back....
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Science Kids: Science Images: Deinonychus Skeleton
This picture shows the skull and spine of a scary looking Deinonychus skeleton, the photo was taken at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Deinonychus was related to the Velociraptor and lived during the early Cretaceous Period...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Edmontosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Edmontosaurus skeleton. Edmontosaurus was a crestless, duck-billed dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 70 million years ago). The first Edmontosaurus fossils were found in...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Epachthosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows the skeleton of a Sauropod dinosaur called Epachthosaurus. Epachthosaurus lived in South America in the late Cretaceous Period. The photo was taken in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Thescelosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a 1915 reconstruction of a Thescelosaurus skeleton by Charles Gilmore. Thescelosaurus was a small dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago). Scientists estimate that it grew up to 4 metres...
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Sue T. Rex Story
Sue T. Rex is the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date. Its discovery and excavation by the Black Hills Institute is described in these pages. Sue now resides at the Field Museum in Chicago. What's unique about Sue...
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New Jersey Fossils: Duckbilled Dinosaur
Skeleton of a duckbilled dinosaur or Edmontosaurus, a type of Hadrosaur.
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Acrocanthosaurus
The Acrocanthosaurus lived 50 million years before Tyrannosaurus Rex did and was almost as immense. The discovery and excavation of an Acrocanthosaurus skeleton is detailed accompanied by a slide show of scientists preparing the skeleton...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Hypacrosaur Family
What is a Hypacrosaurus and how did they eat, live, and protect themselves against predators? Paleontologists have learned answers to these questions and others by looking Hypacrosaurus fossils. Read facts about this herbivorous...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Maiasaura
Read about paleontologist John Horner's 1978 discovery: a new dinosaur, the Maiasaura. Learn what this large creature's fossil tells us about the Maiasaura's diet and physical features. Click on "See the skeleton" for an interactive tour...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Frannie the Prenoceratops
Learn what a fossil named "Frannie" can tells us about a herbivorous dinosaur called the Prenoceratops, a cousin of Triceratops. View a taxonomy table, learn about this dinosaur's physical features, and interact with skeleton to learn...
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Pan Terra Inc.: The Seizure of Sue the T. Rex
Sue T. Rex is the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date. It was discovered and excavated by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota. The U.S. Government seized Sue from the Institute in 1992...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex
What can a fossil named "Stan" tell us about Tyrannosaurus rex? Read about paleontologists' findings about the T. rex diet, teeth, and brain thanks to Stan, and use an interactive skeleton to view and learn about T. rex's bones.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Tyrannosaurus Rex
This excellent photo gives a great view of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on display at Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm, Sweden. This Tyrannosurus specimen is known as 'Black Beauty'. For more information on this interesting...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Yangchuanosaurus
This CGI drawing shows the possible appearance of Yangchuanosaurus, a dinosaur from the late Jurassic Period (around 157 million years ago) that may have been up to 10 metres (33 feet) in length. Yangchuanosaurus was a Theropod dinosaur...