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.…
Making noisesEye socketsBinocular vision of modern animalsBinocular vision of the dinosaursPeripheral vision of modern animalsPeripheral vision of the dinosaursPerhaps the most difficult part of…
Similarities between Compsognathus and ArchaeopteryxEfficient hunterCompsognathus skeletonFlying dinosaurArchaeopteryx skeletonModern birdThere are dinosaurs flying in our skies today – despite…
Skin printFootprintsCoprolitesSome of the most interesting fossils contain nothing of the dinosaur itself. They are simply the marks the animal left behind as it walked along and take the form of…
Fossil filmsPetrified woodFossil casts Perfect mouldsSurvivor toothMost fossils are more than 10,000 years old, but many date back to the beginnings of life on Earth. Fossils are formed when animal…
PterodactylusFossilized Pterodactylus featuresPterodactylus profileFlamboyant headsPelican – the modern fish grabberSoaring high above the land-living dinosaurs were the pterosaurs, which means “…
Head bangersFive-horned face with frillsRutting stagsHead crest for courtingAll animals must reproduce themselves if their species is to survive. Today’s animals have developed their own special…
The oldest dinosaur types are known from rocks in Argentina and Brazil and are about 230 million years old. The most primitive of these types, Eoraptor, was a small meat-eating dinosaur. Because…
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…
