#fossil dinosaur

[secularsasquatch]

This is a juvenile apatosaurus skeleton constructed of casts of the real fossils from the 1930s found in Oklahoma. It’s about the size of a German Shepherd or so.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

[secularsasquatch]

This species of stegosaurus, Hesperosaurus myosin, nicknamed “Stephenie”, is one of only three almost 100 percent complete stegosaurus fossils in the world. She has 80% of her original bones, taking over 9000 hours of restoration. It shows healed rib fractures and bite marks showcasing an intimate look at daily struggles for survival in the late Jurassic world. Stephanie was discovered in 2022 in Wyoming and has a remarkably complete skull that includes an intact brain case.

[secularsasquatch]

[secularsasquatch]

[tigerjeff]

A one-foot-tall, four-winged, 160-million-year-old redhead from present-day China, this dinosaur was a close precursor to modern birds, down to its chicken-like feet. Like many other dinosaurs found in China, it also had “boatloads” of feathers...

[tigerjeff]

At the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, contemplate the connection between modern birds and ancient dinosaurs while studying a fossilized limestone impression of the Archaeopteryx.......