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Reconstructed skull of Jaxartosaurus aralensis Riabinin, 1937. Only a posterior portion of the skull, as well as a surangular is known, with the rest of the skull being based mostly upon File:Aralosaurus skull.png. Jaxartosaurus is currently classified as a basal lambeosaurine, more derived than Aralosaurini, but more primitive than Parasaurolophini and Lambeosaurini. It might be more derived than Tsintaosaurini (Godefroit et al., 2004). References: 
Riabinin, A.M. (1937). "A New Finding of Dinosaurs in the Trans-Baikal Region". Ezhegodn. Vserossijskogo Palaeont. Obstcg. 11: 142–144
Godefroit, P.; Bolotsky, Y.L.; Van Itterbeeck, J. (2004). "The lambeosaurine dinosaur Amurosaurus riabinini, from the
Maastrichtian of Far Eastern Russia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(4): 585–618
Taxa Jaxartosaurus

Reconstructed skull of Jaxartosaurus aralensis Riabinin, 1937. Only a posterior portion of the skull, as well as a surangular is known, with the rest of the skull being based mostly upon File:Aralosaurus skull.png. Jaxartosaurus is currently classified as a basal lambeosaurine, more derived than Aralosaurini, but more primitive than Parasaurolophini and Lambeosaurini. It might be more derived than Tsintaosaurini (Godefroit et al., 2004). References: Riabinin, A.M. (1937). "A New Finding of Dinosaurs in the Trans-Baikal Region". Ezhegodn. Vserossijskogo Palaeont. Obstcg. 11: 142–144 Godefroit, P.; Bolotsky, Y.L.; Van Itterbeeck, J. (2004). "The lambeosaurine dinosaur Amurosaurus riabinini, from the Maastrichtian of Far Eastern Russia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(4): 585–618

Russia Maastrichtian Amurosaurus Aralosaurini +7
Megacephalosaurus eulerti reconstructed skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado.
Taxa Megacephalosaurus

Megacephalosaurus eulerti reconstructed skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado.

Dinosauria Megacephalosaurus skull
Skeletal elements of Lophorhothon atopus. (A, B and C) Partial skull roof and braincase (holotype FMNH 27383) in dorsal, ventral, and left lateral views. (D) Partial left nasal of FMNH 27383 in lateral view. (E) Left prefrontal of FMNH 27383 in lateral view. (F) Partial left jugal of FMNH 27383 in medial view. (G) Detail of marginal denticles of the dentary tooth in (H). (H) Apical half of a dentary tooth crown AUMP 2295 in lingual view. (I) Maxillary tooth crown of FMNH 27383 in labial view. (J) Left pubis of AUMP 2295 in lateral view. (K) Iliac process of the left ilium of FMNH 27383 in lateral view.
Taxa Lophorhothon

Skeletal elements of Lophorhothon atopus. (A, B and C) Partial skull roof and braincase (holotype FMNH 27383) in dorsal, ventral, and left lateral views. (D) Partial left nasal of FMNH 27383 in lateral view. (E) Left prefrontal of FMNH 27383 in lateral view. (F) Partial left jugal of FMNH 27383 in medial view. (G) Detail of marginal denticles of the dentary tooth in (H). (H) Apical half of a dentary tooth crown AUMP 2295 in lingual view. (I) Maxillary tooth crown of FMNH 27383 in labial view. (J) Left pubis of AUMP 2295 in lateral view. (K) Iliac process of the left ilium of FMNH 27383 in lateral view.

tooth holotype Lophorhothon partial +1
The skull of the holotype of Acristavus, MOR 1155
Taxa Acristavus

The skull of the holotype of Acristavus, MOR 1155

holotype Acristavus Montanoceratops skull
Holotype skull of Augustynolophus morrisi (LACM 2852) on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Taxa Augustynolophus

Holotype skull of Augustynolophus morrisi (LACM 2852) on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

museum holotype Augustynolophus skull
Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) from the Late Triassic of California, USA, in (A) lateral, (B) dorsal, and (C) anterolateral view.

Based on this skull, Shastasaurus has repeatedly been reconstructed with a long, tooth-bearing rostrum. However, note the slenderness of the lower jaw (B, C) and the strong anterior taper of the snout (B), both of which are more consistent with the abbreviated and toothless snout of Shastasaurus liangae comb. nov. than with the traditional long-snouted reconstruction of this skull (as, e.g., in references [22] and [23]).
Taxa Merriamosauria

Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) from the Late Triassic of California, USA, in (A) lateral, (B) dorsal, and (C) anterolateral view. Based on this skull, Shastasaurus has repeatedly been reconstructed with a long, tooth-bearing rostrum. However, note the slenderness of the lower jaw (B, C) and the strong anterior taper of the snout (B), both of which are more consistent with the abbreviated and toothless snout of Shastasaurus liangae comb. nov. than with the traditional long-snouted reconstruction of this skull (as, e.g., in references [22] and [23]).

tooth United States Late Triassic Triassic +4
Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) from the Late Triassic of California, USA, in (A) lateral, (B) dorsal, and (C) anterolateral view.

Based on this skull, Shastasaurus has repeatedly been reconstructed with a long, tooth-bearing rostrum. However, note the slenderness of the lower jaw (B, C) and the strong anterior taper of the snout (B), both of which are more consistent with the abbreviated and toothless snout of Shastasaurus liangae comb. nov. than with the traditional long-snouted reconstruction of this skull (as, e.g., in references [22] and [23]).
Taxa Shastasaurus

Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) from the Late Triassic of California, USA, in (A) lateral, (B) dorsal, and (C) anterolateral view. Based on this skull, Shastasaurus has repeatedly been reconstructed with a long, tooth-bearing rostrum. However, note the slenderness of the lower jaw (B, C) and the strong anterior taper of the snout (B), both of which are more consistent with the abbreviated and toothless snout of Shastasaurus liangae comb. nov. than with the traditional long-snouted reconstruction of this skull (as, e.g., in references [22] and [23]).

tooth United States Late Triassic Triassic +4
Albertosaurus skull cast (specimen TMP 1981.010.0001) at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen.
Taxa Albertosaurinae

Albertosaurus skull cast (specimen TMP 1981.010.0001) at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen.

museum cast specimen Albertosaurinae +2
Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)
Taxa Caenagnathidae

Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)

vertebra specimen Anzu Caenagnathidae +2
Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.
Taxa Hueneosauria

Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.

museum Middle Triassic Triassic specimen +4
Skull of Globidens dakotensis in the Field Museum of Natural History.
Taxa Globidensini

Skull of Globidens dakotensis in the Field Museum of Natural History.

museum Globidens Globidensini skull
Montage of four pachycephalosaurs. Clockwise from top left: Stegoceras, Prenocephale, Pachycephalosaurus and Homalocephale. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Pachycephalosauria on Wikipedia.
File:Stegoceras mount.jpg
File:Dinosauria - Prenocephale.jpg
File:Fossil Pachycephalosaurus.jpg
File:Homalocephale skull.jpg
Taxa Pachycephalosauria

Montage of four pachycephalosaurs. Clockwise from top left: Stegoceras, Prenocephale, Pachycephalosaurus and Homalocephale. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Pachycephalosauria on Wikipedia. File:Stegoceras mount.jpg File:Dinosauria - Prenocephale.jpg File:Fossil Pachycephalosaurus.jpg File:Homalocephale skull.jpg

fossil Dinosauria Homalocephale Pachycephalosauria +3
Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.
Taxa Pteranodontia

Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.

museum specimen Pteranodon Pteranodontia +1
Several members of Pterodactyloidea (top to bottom):  Pteranodon, Pterodaustro, the skulls of several pterosaurs (Guidraco, Anhanguera, Tupandactylus, and an unnamed dsungaripterid), Quetzalcoatlus, Aerodactylus, and Coloborhynchus
Taxa Pterodactyloidea

Several members of Pterodactyloidea (top to bottom): Pteranodon, Pterodaustro, the skulls of several pterosaurs (Guidraco, Anhanguera, Tupandactylus, and an unnamed dsungaripterid), Quetzalcoatlus, Aerodactylus, and Coloborhynchus

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +8
Duck-billed dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum. A Maiasaura skeleton is visible on the foreground, with two Maiasaura juveniles at the foot of the skeletal mount. On the background, flushing with the wall, there's the two-dimensional mount of a Gryposaurus specimen. The unidentified skull of another duck-billed dinosaur is visible on the low right corner of the photograph.
Taxa Hadrosauridae

Duck-billed dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum. A Maiasaura skeleton is visible on the foreground, with two Maiasaura juveniles at the foot of the skeletal mount. On the background, flushing with the wall, there's the two-dimensional mount of a Gryposaurus specimen. The unidentified skull of another duck-billed dinosaur is visible on the low right corner of the photograph.

museum juvenile specimen Dinosauria +5
Duck-billed dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum. A Maiasaura skeleton is visible on the foreground, with two Maiasaura juveniles at the foot of the skeletal mount. On the background, flushing with the wall, there's the two-dimensional mount of a Gryposaurus specimen. The unidentified skull of another duck-billed dinosaur is visible on the low right corner of the photograph.
Taxa Hadrosauridae

Duck-billed dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum. A Maiasaura skeleton is visible on the foreground, with two Maiasaura juveniles at the foot of the skeletal mount. On the background, flushing with the wall, there's the two-dimensional mount of a Gryposaurus specimen. The unidentified skull of another duck-billed dinosaur is visible on the low right corner of the photograph.

museum juvenile specimen Dinosauria +5
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tooth predator prey fossil Dinosauria Edmontosaurus Tyrannosaurus discovery skull
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tooth paleoart reconstitution United States Pliocene mammals skull
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museum fossil Tyrannosaurus skull
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