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Title: The dinosaur book : the ruling reptiles and their relatives
Identifier: bookruli00colb (find matches)
Year: 1951 (1950s)
Authors: Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001; Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953; American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Reptiles, Fossil
Publisher: New York : Published for the American Museum of Natural History by McGraw-Hill
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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bone A typical example of the parts usually found fossilized: portions of the skeleton of a small dinosaur from Mongolia A.M.N.H. photographs One of the rarest fossils: a dino- saur egg over 60 million years old, compared with a hen's egg (left) and an alligator egg (right)

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Taxa Fenestrosaurus

Title: The dinosaur book : the ruling reptiles and their relatives Identifier: bookruli00colb (find matches) Year: 1951 (1950s) Authors: Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001; Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953; American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Dinosaurs; Reptiles, Fossil Publisher: New York : Published for the American Museum of Natural History by McGraw-Hill Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: bone A typical example of the parts usually found fossilized: portions of the skeleton of a small dinosaur from Mongolia A.M.N.H. photographs One of the rarest fossils: a dino- saur egg over 60 million years old, compared with a hen's egg (left) and an alligator egg (right) Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

bone museum Mongolia fossil +4
Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942) - fossil ceratopsian dinosaur skeleton from the Cretaceous of Montana, USA. (MOR 542, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA)
The species name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "cerorhynchos".  The original publication spells it "cerorhynchus".  The genus name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Montanaceratops".
Ceratopsians are the "horned dinosaurs".  They were large, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs having a beaked skull and a frill - an extension of bone behind the skull that partially covered the neck.  Ceratopsian dinosaurs are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.  The last members of the group died out at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, 65 million years ago.
This is a partial skeleton of a juvenile Montanoceratops, a ceratopsian from the near-latest Cretaceous of western North America.  This type of ceratopsian lacked facial horns.


From exhibit signage:
Sixty-eight million years ago, when the horned dinosaurs Triceratops and Torosaurus inhabited the coastal plain near the inland ocean, primitive "horned" dinosaurs named Montanoceratops lived in uplands near the young Rocky Mountains.  These little protoceratopsians fed on plants with slicing teeth and narrow beaks similar to their giant three-horned relatives.


Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Reptilia, Archosauria, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Leptoceratopsidae
Stratigraphy: St. Mary River Formation, Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Cretaceous
Locality: Little Rocky Coulee, north of the town of Cut Bank, eastern Glacier County, northwestern Montana, USA


Info. at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montanoceratops

Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942) - fossil ceratopsian dinosaur skeleton from the Cretaceous of Montana, USA. (MOR 542, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA) The species name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "cerorhynchos". The original publication spells it "cerorhynchus". The genus name is sometimes incorrectly spelled "Montanaceratops". Ceratopsians are the "horned dinosaurs". They were large, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs having a beaked skull and a frill - an extension of bone behind the skull that partially covered the neck. Ceratopsian dinosaurs are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. The last members of the group died out at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, 65 million years ago. This is a partial skeleton of a juvenile Montanoceratops, a ceratopsian from the near-latest Cretaceous of western North America. This type of ceratopsian lacked facial horns. From exhibit signage: Sixty-eight million years ago, when the horned dinosaurs Triceratops and Torosaurus inhabited the coastal plain near the inland ocean, primitive "horned" dinosaurs named Montanoceratops lived in uplands near the young Rocky Mountains. These little protoceratopsians fed on plants with slicing teeth and narrow beaks similar to their giant three-horned relatives. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Reptilia, Archosauria, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Leptoceratopsidae Stratigraphy: St. Mary River Formation, Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Cretaceous Locality: Little Rocky Coulee, north of the town of Cut Bank, eastern Glacier County, northwestern Montana, USA Info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montanoceratops

bone museum United States Cretaceous +10
Various fossils pertaining to the holotype of the Triassic ichthyosaur Toretocnemus californicus. This image is derived from plate 24 in Merriam (1903), done by an uncredited artist. The arrangement of the individual figures has been modified from the original.
Original description:
Toretocnemus californicus n. gen. and sp.
Figures reproduced natural size from the type specimen.

Fig. 1. — Inferior side of right posterior limb. t, tibia.
Fig. 2. — Right anterior limb. r, radius.
Fig. 3.— Pelvic arch.
Fig. 4. — Middle dorsal vertebrae and a rib from the same region.

Various fossils pertaining to the holotype of the Triassic ichthyosaur Toretocnemus californicus. This image is derived from plate 24 in Merriam (1903), done by an uncredited artist. The arrangement of the individual figures has been modified from the original. Original description: Toretocnemus californicus n. gen. and sp. Figures reproduced natural size from the type specimen. Fig. 1. — Inferior side of right posterior limb. t, tibia. Fig. 2. — Right anterior limb. r, radius. Fig. 3.— Pelvic arch. Fig. 4. — Middle dorsal vertebrae and a rib from the same region.

limb description Triassic fossil +5
Fossil of Tholodus, an extinct reptile  - Muschelkalkmuseum Hagdorn

Fossil of Tholodus, an extinct reptile - Muschelkalkmuseum Hagdorn

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fossil of hauffiosaurus

fossil of hauffiosaurus

fossil Hauffiosaurus
Neotype fossil of Ardeadactylus longicollum, specimen number SMNS 56603 (Number 58 in Wellnhofer 1970).

Neotype fossil of Ardeadactylus longicollum, specimen number SMNS 56603 (Number 58 in Wellnhofer 1970).

fossil specimen Ardeadactylus Wellnhoferia
The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis. A, the 7.3 m trackway CNUPH.P9; B, H. uhangriensis holotype (CNUPH.P2), manus (top) and pes (bottom) prints. Scale bars represent 1 m (A) and 100 mm (B).

The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis. A, the 7.3 m trackway CNUPH.P9; B, H. uhangriensis holotype (CNUPH.P2), manus (top) and pes (bottom) prints. Scale bars represent 1 m (A) and 100 mm (B).

scale fossil holotype Azhdarchidae +1
Pelvis (fused ilia and pubes) of UALVP 48778, holotype of Hesperonychus elizabethae, from the late Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. Fossil collected by Dr. Elizabeth Nicholls. Prepared by Clive Coy. Digital photography by Nick Longrich. Additional digital editing by Nick Longrich.

Pelvis (fused ilia and pubes) of UALVP 48778, holotype of Hesperonychus elizabethae, from the late Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. Fossil collected by Dr. Elizabeth Nicholls. Prepared by Clive Coy. Digital photography by Nick Longrich. Additional digital editing by Nick Longrich.

pelvis Canada Dinosaur Park Campanian +6
Fossil specimen RTMP 82.19.23 - A lacrimal, postorbitals, squamosals, frontals, parietals, and braincase referred to Latenivenatrix mcmasterae, but formerly assigned to Stenonychosaurus inequalis (=Troodon inequalis). Described by 

Currie, 1985. "Cranial anatomy of Stenonychosaurus inequalis (Saurischia, Theropoda) and its bearing on the origin of birds." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(1), 643-658.
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Fossil specimen RTMP 82.19.23 - A lacrimal, postorbitals, squamosals, frontals, parietals, and braincase referred to Latenivenatrix mcmasterae, but formerly assigned to Stenonychosaurus inequalis (=Troodon inequalis). Described by Currie, 1985. "Cranial anatomy of Stenonychosaurus inequalis (Saurischia, Theropoda) and its bearing on the origin of birds." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(1), 643-658. 5d-dinosaur-camp-day2-20120802-15.jpg

Canada fossil specimen Dinosauria +7
Fossils of Magnapualia

Fossils of Magnapualia

fossil Magnapaulia
Fossil of Utatsusaurus- Took the picture at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Taxa Utatsusauridae

Fossil of Utatsusaurus- Took the picture at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano

fossil Utatsusauridae Utatsusaurus
Fossil of Romeosaurus, an extinct reptile - Took the picture at Museo Paleontologico di Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo

Fossil of Romeosaurus, an extinct reptile - Took the picture at Museo Paleontologico di Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo

fossil Romeosaurus Yaguarasaurinae
fossil of liliensternus

fossil of liliensternus

fossil Liliensternus
Tanius sinensis restoration based on fossil images and related animals.

Tanius sinensis restoration based on fossil images and related animals.

fossil Tanius
A cast of BYU 9025, the holotype fossil of the sauropod dinosaur Supersaurus, a giant scapulocoracoid measuring 2.4m long.
• The source photo was taken at the Dinosaur Journey Musuem.
• Notes regarding the file; This image was edited and extracted from the original seen here. [1] The Photoshop CC lens correction profile and a 'perspective warp' correction were applied.

A cast of BYU 9025, the holotype fossil of the sauropod dinosaur Supersaurus, a giant scapulocoracoid measuring 2.4m long. • The source photo was taken at the Dinosaur Journey Musuem. • Notes regarding the file; This image was edited and extracted from the original seen here. [1] The Photoshop CC lens correction profile and a 'perspective warp' correction were applied.

cast fossil holotype Dinosauria +1
Fossil specimen BSP 1935.I.24 (Ctenochasma elegans), an extinct pterosaur

Fossil specimen BSP 1935.I.24 (Ctenochasma elegans), an extinct pterosaur

fossil specimen Ctenochasma Pterodactylus +1
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