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Fossil specimen of Ornithomimus sp. (TMP 1995.110.1), Royal Tyrrell Museum. This specimen was recovered from the middle Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada.
Taxa Ornithomimidae

Fossil specimen of Ornithomimus sp. (TMP 1995.110.1), Royal Tyrrell Museum. This specimen was recovered from the middle Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada.

museum Canada Germany Dinosaur Park +6
Taken at the Minnosota Science Museum: Dinosaurs and Fossils Gallery.

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Taxa Mosasaurinae

Taken at the Minnosota Science Museum: Dinosaurs and Fossils Gallery. Creative Commons licensed photo by ideonexus.com. Please feel free to take and reuse for any purpose.

museum fossil Dinosauria Mosasaurinae
Montage of six dinosaur fossils: (clockwise from top left) Deinonychus antirrhopus, Buitreraptor gonzalezorum, Velociraptor mongoliensis, Microraptor gui, Halszkaraptor escuilliei, and Zhenyuanlong suni. This is a collection of six different works already found in Wikimedia Commons:
File:Deinonychus FMNH.jpg
File:Buitreraptor FMNH.jpg
File:Velociraptor Wyoming Dinosaur Center.jpg
File:MicroraptorGui-PaleozoologicalMuseumOfChina-May23-08.jpg
File:Halszkaraptor escuilliei.jpg
File:Zhenyuanlong.jpg
All of them are either under a free license already in Wikimedia Commons or in the public domain
Taxa Dromaeosauridae

Montage of six dinosaur fossils: (clockwise from top left) Deinonychus antirrhopus, Buitreraptor gonzalezorum, Velociraptor mongoliensis, Microraptor gui, Halszkaraptor escuilliei, and Zhenyuanlong suni. This is a collection of six different works already found in Wikimedia Commons: File:Deinonychus FMNH.jpg File:Buitreraptor FMNH.jpg File:Velociraptor Wyoming Dinosaur Center.jpg File:MicroraptorGui-PaleozoologicalMuseumOfChina-May23-08.jpg File:Halszkaraptor escuilliei.jpg File:Zhenyuanlong.jpg All of them are either under a free license already in Wikimedia Commons or in the public domain

fossil Buitreraptor Deinonychus Dinosauria +6
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File:Alaskan_troodont_Perot_Museum.jpg
File:Unenlagia_fossils.jpg
File:Talos_sampsoni.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Velociraptor_Wyoming_Dinosaur_Center.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurornitholestes
File:Buitreraptor-Deinonychus.jpg

File:Dakotaraptor_lateral_Wiki.jpg
Taxa Deinonychosauria

Uses https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dromaeosaurus_in_Canadian_Museum_of_Nature.jpg File:Alaskan_troodont_Perot_Museum.jpg File:Unenlagia_fossils.jpg File:Talos_sampsoni.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Velociraptor_Wyoming_Dinosaur_Center.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurornitholestes File:Buitreraptor-Deinonychus.jpg File:Dakotaraptor_lateral_Wiki.jpg

museum fossil Buitreraptor Dakotaraptor +8
fossil of placodus
Taxa Sauropterygia

fossil of placodus

fossil Placodontia Placodus Sauropterygia
fossil of placodus
Taxa Placodontia

fossil of placodus

fossil Placodontia Placodus Sauropterygia
fossil of placodus
Taxa Placodus

fossil of placodus

fossil Placodontia Placodus Sauropterygia
Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Taxa Sauropodomorpha

Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

museum fossil Apatosaurus Diplodocidae +2
Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Taxa Diplodocidae

Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

museum fossil Apatosaurus Diplodocidae +2
Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Taxa Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus louisae (CM 3018) mounted fossil skeleton on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

museum fossil Apatosaurus Diplodocidae +2
Palaeogeography of the Earth in Aptian, with location of Acrocanthosaurus fossils as green dots
Intervals Aptian

Palaeogeography of the Earth in Aptian, with location of Acrocanthosaurus fossils as green dots

Aptian fossil Acrocanthosaurus
Map of Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia.
Gobihadros mongoliensis was collected from Bayshin Tsav in Area C. Open squares indicate Late Cretaceous sites, solid squares represent Early Cretaceous localities. Abbreviations: A, Localities of Western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly group of localities of Nemegtian age (early Maastrichtian), Late Cretaceous; B, Localities of Central Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Djadokhtian age (Campanian), Late Cretaceous; C & D- Localities of Eastern Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Baynshirenian age (Cenomanian-Santonian), Late Cretaceous. Figure has been modified from Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Figure 1 [24].
Formations Baynshire

Map of Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia. Gobihadros mongoliensis was collected from Bayshin Tsav in Area C. Open squares indicate Late Cretaceous sites, solid squares represent Early Cretaceous localities. Abbreviations: A, Localities of Western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly group of localities of Nemegtian age (early Maastrichtian), Late Cretaceous; B, Localities of Central Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Djadokhtian age (Campanian), Late Cretaceous; C & D- Localities of Eastern Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Baynshirenian age (Cenomanian-Santonian), Late Cretaceous. Figure has been modified from Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Figure 1 [24].

Mongolia Campanian Cenomanian Cretaceous +8
Figure 2: Fossil vertebrate locality of Eric the Red West.
Shore platform looking west, showing undulating erosive boundary (solid white line) between the top of the Anchor Sandstone (AS) and the base of the ETRW Sandstone (ES). White dashed lines indicate selected bedding surfaces. White scale in mid-ground (indicated by arrow) equals 1 m.
Formations Eumeralla

Figure 2: Fossil vertebrate locality of Eric the Red West. Shore platform looking west, showing undulating erosive boundary (solid white line) between the top of the Anchor Sandstone (AS) and the base of the ETRW Sandstone (ES). White dashed lines indicate selected bedding surfaces. White scale in mid-ground (indicated by arrow) equals 1 m.

scale fossil
Rendering of newly discovered dinosaur Dinevenator robustus. This troodontid was identified in 2026 from a fossil collected from San Juan County.
Taxa Dinevenator

Rendering of newly discovered dinosaur Dinevenator robustus. This troodontid was identified in 2026 from a fossil collected from San Juan County.

fossil Dinevenator Troodontidae
A broken concretion with fossils inside; Late Cretaceous Pierre shale, near Ekalaka, Montana.
Formations Pierre Shale

A broken concretion with fossils inside; Late Cretaceous Pierre shale, near Ekalaka, Montana.

Pierre Shale Cretaceous Late Cretaceous fossil
The distictive banding of the Morrison Formation, a group of rock layers that occur throughout Dinosaur National Monument.  The formation originated as muds and sands laid down by ancient rivers, and some of its outcrops have been found to contain 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils like those found at the monument's Dinosaur Quarry.
Formations Morrison

The distictive banding of the Morrison Formation, a group of rock layers that occur throughout Dinosaur National Monument. The formation originated as muds and sands laid down by ancient rivers, and some of its outcrops have been found to contain 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils like those found at the monument's Dinosaur Quarry.

Morrison fossil Dinosauria formation
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Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
fossil discovery evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assumption about what the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees looked like and how it moved.
31/08/2026 sciencedaily-paleo
Amazing Armoured Dinosaur Discovery – Japan’s First Definitive Ankylosaur
Japan Cretaceous fossil Ankylosauria Dinosauria Nodosauridae discovery
A new genus and species of armoured dinosaur has been named from fossils found in Japan. Nipponopelta yezoensis represents the first formally named Japanese ankylosaur. Furthermore, this discovery provides important information about the dispersal of nodosaurids during the Cretaceous Period. The new dinosaur was named and described by an international team of palaeontologists. The research
30/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
Remarkable Carboniferous Coelacanth Fossil Discovery in Yorkshire
Carboniferous fossil discovery
A remarkable Roundhay Park coelacanth fossil has been discovered in Leeds. The fossil is around 320 million years old. It dates from the Carboniferous. Furthermore, experts believe it represents the oldest fossil coelacanth yet found in Yorkshire. Geologist Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society made the discovery earlier this year. He found a well-preserved
27/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land
limb fossil insect
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects.
27/08/2026 sciencedaily
Remarkable Triassic Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Internal Organs
China Triassic fossil specimen anatomy skeleton
Scientists have described an exceptional fossil of the long-necked, Triassic marine reptile Austronaga minuta. The specimen comes from China and is around 245 million years old. Remarkably, much of the animal's digestive system has been preserved. The almost complete fossil provides scientists with an unprecedented view of the skeleton and internal anatomy of an archosauromorph.
26/08/2026 everythingdinosaur
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