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"Daspletosaurus torosus" skeleton cast, reconstructed and mounted by Triebold Paleontology based on a nearly complete specimen from Montana's Judith River Formation
Taxa Daspletosaurini

"Daspletosaurus torosus" skeleton cast, reconstructed and mounted by Triebold Paleontology based on a nearly complete specimen from Montana's Judith River Formation

Judith River cast specimen Daspletosaurini +3
Reconstruction of skeleton; Lower Cretaceous (120 mio. Years); Jungar Basin, China.
Taxa Dsungaripteridae

Reconstruction of skeleton; Lower Cretaceous (120 mio. Years); Jungar Basin, China.

China Cretaceous Dsungaripteridae skeleton
Reconstruction of skeleton; Lower Cretaceous (120 mio. Years); Jungar Basin, China.
Taxa Dsungaripterus

Reconstruction of skeleton; Lower Cretaceous (120 mio. Years); Jungar Basin, China.

China Cretaceous Dsungaripteridae skeleton
Mounted replica of a composite skeleton of Edmontosaurus annectens on display at the University of Oxford Museum, Oxford, England. The original skeleton is compiled from disarticulated fossil bones from a bonebed of the Hell Creek Formation, exposed in the Ruth Mason Quarry in Harding County, South Dakota. It is 8.5 m (28 ft.) long and the skull is almost 1 m (39 in.) in length.[1][2]


↑ Dinosaurs in the Museum. Oxford University Museum of Natural History (brochure, PDF), p. 7

↑ BHI Fossil Replica Catalog 2012. Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc., Hill City, SD, 2012 (PDF), p. 22
Taxa Saurolophinae

Mounted replica of a composite skeleton of Edmontosaurus annectens on display at the University of Oxford Museum, Oxford, England. The original skeleton is compiled from disarticulated fossil bones from a bonebed of the Hell Creek Formation, exposed in the Ruth Mason Quarry in Harding County, South Dakota. It is 8.5 m (28 ft.) long and the skull is almost 1 m (39 in.) in length.[1][2] ↑ Dinosaurs in the Museum. Oxford University Museum of Natural History (brochure, PDF), p. 7 ↑ BHI Fossil Replica Catalog 2012. Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc., Hill City, SD, 2012 (PDF), p. 22

bone museum Hell Creek fossil +6
Holotype block of Oksoko avarsan MPC-D 102/110. (a,b) Holotype block with skeletons in ventral view. Colours distinguish different individuals; the holotype individual is in blue.
Taxa Oksoko

Holotype block of Oksoko avarsan MPC-D 102/110. (a,b) Holotype block with skeletons in ventral view. Colours distinguish different individuals; the holotype individual is in blue.

holotype Oksoko skeleton
Restoration of the skeleton, Age of Dinosaur Museum, Winton, Australia
Taxa Australovenator

Restoration of the skeleton, Age of Dinosaur Museum, Winton, Australia

museum Australia Winton Australovenator +2
Giganotosaurus skeleton mount at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia.
Taxa Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus skeleton mount at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia.

museum Georgia Giganotosaurus skeleton
Mounted skeleton of Acrocanthosaurus specimen NCSM 14345 at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Taxa Acrocanthosaurus

Mounted skeleton of Acrocanthosaurus specimen NCSM 14345 at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

museum specimen Acrocanthosaurus skeleton
Velociraptor skeleton
Taxa Velociraptor

Velociraptor skeleton

Velociraptor skeleton
Reconstructed skeleton of Argentinonectes calafatensis at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum in 2018.

Reconstructed skeleton of Argentinonectes calafatensis at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum in 2018.

museum Argentina Argentinonectes skeleton
Schematic drawing of MUPA-ATZ0103, postcranial skeleton of the paratype of Paludidraco multidentatus.

Schematic drawing of MUPA-ATZ0103, postcranial skeleton of the paratype of Paludidraco multidentatus.

drawing Paludidraco skeleton
Reconstructed skeleton of a megaraptoran highlighting the known bones of Joaquinraptor casali in blue. Reconstruction by TK Robinson and Andrew McAfee. Scale bar=1 m.

Reconstructed skeleton of a megaraptoran highlighting the known bones of Joaquinraptor casali in blue. Reconstruction by TK Robinson and Andrew McAfee. Scale bar=1 m.

bone scale Joaquinraptor Megaraptora +1
Hypothetical reconstruction of the skeleton of Amanasaurus nesbitti gen. et sp. nov. depicting (in orange) the preserved portions. (a) CAPPA/UFSM 0374 (holotype), a proximal portion of a right femur in anterior view. (b) CAPPA/UFSM 0375 (referred specimen), a distal portion of a left femur in anterior view. Figures were generated with GIMP 2.8 (https://www.gimp.org/).
Cropped from original image and letters adjusted to match.

Hypothetical reconstruction of the skeleton of Amanasaurus nesbitti gen. et sp. nov. depicting (in orange) the preserved portions. (a) CAPPA/UFSM 0374 (holotype), a proximal portion of a right femur in anterior view. (b) CAPPA/UFSM 0375 (referred specimen), a distal portion of a left femur in anterior view. Figures were generated with GIMP 2.8 (https://www.gimp.org/). Cropped from original image and letters adjusted to match.

holotype specimen Amanasaurus skeleton
Pliosaurus (Luskhan itilensis) lived on the territory of the Volga region in the Hauterivian age of the Early Cretaceous period. Discovered in 2002 by G.N. Uspensky on the banks of the Volga near the village of Slantsevy Rudnik. This is the most complete pliosaurus skeleton found in Russia. This pliosaurus was not a predator and preferred to feed on fish and cephalopods.

Pliosaurus (Luskhan itilensis) lived on the territory of the Volga region in the Hauterivian age of the Early Cretaceous period. Discovered in 2002 by G.N. Uspensky on the banks of the Volga near the village of Slantsevy Rudnik. This is the most complete pliosaurus skeleton found in Russia. This pliosaurus was not a predator and preferred to feed on fish and cephalopods.

predator Russia Cretaceous Early Cretaceous +5
Skeleton and reconstruction of Luskhan
Taxa Luskhan

Skeleton and reconstruction of Luskhan

Luskhan skeleton
Holotype of Alcione elainus.
Fig. 6 of:
Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663.
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Original figure legend:
A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV.

(A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.

Holotype of Alcione elainus. Fig. 6 of: Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663. --- Original figure legend: A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV. (A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.

crest humerus Cretaceous Maastrichtian +7
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