Dino Russ's Lair is
© 2005 By Russell J. Jacobson
Brachiosaurus
2001. Acrylic on illustration board. 8"x7".
Weighing almost seventy tons, Brachiosaurus was one of the biggest
land animals that has ever lived. Since its front legs were longer than its
hind legs, Brachiosaurus had a more upright stance than most sauropods. This
dinosaur could raise its head almost forty feet off the ground to graze high
in the trees and must have looked like a titanic, reptilian giraffe. However,
since Brachiosaurus lived over one hundred million years before the first
giraffe appeared, it may be more appropriate to say that giraffes resemble
tiny, mammalian Brachiosaurs! The figure of a six-foot tall man helps illustrate
how immense this creature was.
Note this image is copyright © by Joe
Tucciarone and is used by his permission;. Permission to reproduce any
image must be obtained by written request to Joe. Address requests to: INTERSTELL@aol.com
Looking for information about a specific dinosaur, current finds, or dinosaurs in general? Check out some of these links and you may find the information you seek.
CONTENTS
Dinosaur Courses and Educational Materials Online
For Younger Children
General Information Sites
Regional Information
Specific Dinosaurs or Dinosaur groups
Top References
- Secondary Schools
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A
to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling- Dinosaurs Explorations 4 Kids
Directory. A to Z Home's Cool full of engaging and inspiring sites,
hand selected, reviewed and catagorized by an ex-school teacher turned
proud home educator. This teacher is Ann Zeise, uses this site to
be your guide to the best and most interesting and useful sites and
articles about home education on the web.All links were child-friendly
when they were listed.
- ERIC
Paleontology Lessons - ERIC is the Educational Resources Information
Center which is federally-funded national information system that provides,
through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses,
and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad
range of education-related issues. Paleontology Lesson Plans:
- Dinosaurs
(Grade K) This is a mini-unit for children to learn about dinosaurs.
- Dinosaurs
by W. Guzak (Grade K-1) This mini-unit plan for dinosaurs involves learning
in language and literacy, math, and science.
- Dinosaur Theme
Page at Community Learning Network. This page links to curricular
resources (information, content...) and instructional materials (lesson
plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.
- Dinosaurs
- A thematic unit. This sample thematic unit has been adapted from
Legacies: Using Children's Literature in the Classroom written by Liz
Rothlein and Anita Meyer Meinbach. HarperCollins College Publishers,
1996, pp. 432-438.
- Theme: Dinosaurs
- Focus: Students will explore prehistoric times to expand their
knowledge of dinosaurs.
- Grade Level: Primary
- Objectives: On completion of this thematic unit, students will
be able to:
- 1. Identify at least ten different dinosaurs and name them.
- 2. Explain the difference between plant-eating dinosaurs and
meat-eating dinosaurs.
- 3. Explain how scientists know as much as they do about dinosaurs
- 4. Describe the period of time when dinosaurs lived on earth.
- 5. Identify dinosaurs that lived on land versus prehistoric
creatures that lived in the sea or flew in the air.
- 6. Compare various sizes, weights, and body shapes of dinosaurs.
- 42eXplore - Dinosaurs.
Part of Eduscape. Don't start with a search engine, start with 42explore!
When you're learning something new, it's nice to have more than one
resource to explore. This web project provides "four to eXplore"
for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the
4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic
topic.
- Jurassic
Park Institute teachers resources Teacher Resources is your guide
to the JPI Dino Lab. The group lesson plans and corresponding student
activities are designed to build an understanding about dinosaurs, the
science of paleontology, what paleontologists do, and how scientists,
especially paleontologists, think and solve problems.
- The web site authors want children to use all of their intelligences
and have fun while they learn, lessons will contain opportunities
for students to raise questions; gather, display, analyze and interpret
data; explore relationships and seek correlations; and develop models
and theories about dinosaurs. These lesson plans were strategically
created for teachers by teachers and incorporate many helpful and
easy-to-implement teaching tools, including objectives, background
information, a description of the lesson, discussion questions and
resources, extensions and adaptations for younger/older students,
the national science education standards, and student assessment
and evaluation recommendations.
- You will find that the lesson plans are grouped by thematic units.
Each of the thematic units will allow you to pick and choose from
a variety of online investigations and hands-on/minds-on activities.
You can do all of the lessons in order so that your students will
acquire all of the necessary background knowledge needed to tackle
the large complex challenge/problem, or you can start with the large
complex challenge and select from among the sub-lessons as specific
pieces of information or skills are needed.
- Nests & Nurturing module you and your students
can investigate how dinosaurs raised and cared for their young.
- KWL CHARTS Students create a dinosaur K-W-L chart (What I think
I know - What I want to find out - What I learned).
- DINOSAUR EGGS Students study fossilized dinosaur eggs and nests,
identify general dinosaur egg shapes, and match shapes with likely
dinosaur types
- ANIMAL PARENTS Students will identify which animals do not protect
nests or care for animals and compare bird hatchlings that leave
a nest quickly with those that are helpless and stay in the nest.
- DINOSAUR BABIES AND PARENTS Students will find out what evidence
paleontologists look for and what it tells them about dinosaur
behavior.
- Dino Hunters Module Just like forensic scientists
use deductive logic to solve crimes, your students will become paleontology
detectives as they piece together information and generate hypotheses
about prehistoric environments, plants, and animals.
- Dinosaur Names:Students will identify conventions used to
name dinosaurs, compare dinosaurs and their names, and make
up dinosaur names.
- Field NotesStudents will study paleontologist field journals.Students
will reflect on paleontologist field journals. Students will
gather, record, and communicate observations.
- Dig Site: Western Canada contains some the richest
dinosaur fossil sites in the world. The lessons contained within
this section will take you and your students on a journey to several
of these sites.
- NESTS & NURTURING Students will identify two major questions
raised by finds in Alberta, consider evidence, draw conclusions,
and write a journal report or grant proposal for further study.
- TRACKWAYS: PEACE RIVER CANYON DIG SITE This lesson builds
upon material already learned and creates an exciting extension
by introducing a new and exciting set of problems that are currently
being investigated by paleontologists.
- Southwest
Educational Development Laboratory -DINOSAURS One of the units (of
a series) designed to assist teachers in offering up-to-date science
and mathematics content, along with appropriate language usage, through
teaching and learning strategies that will excite children about the
world of mathematics, science and language. The selection and arrangement
of the material is planned to engage children's natural inquisitive
nature and to stimulate them to investigate, explore and learn. Teachers
are helped to create dissonance in familiar situations in order to stimulate
questioning, hypothesizing, exploring and problem solving.
- Each unit contains three types of materials:
- (1) unit overview materials and background information for
the teacher,
- (2) the lessons:
- Lesson 1: Long Ago
- Lesson 2: Extinction
- Lesson 3: Fossils
- Lesson 4: Types of Dinosaurs
- Lesson 5: Meat and Plant Eaters
- Lesson 6: The Dinosaur's Life Cycle
- Lesson 7: Nature and Change
- (3) an annotated bibliography and list of teacher reference/resource
materials.
- Teacher
Guide for Britannica.com's Discovering Dinosaurs Activity Guide.
Here you can find the teachers guide to a well done activity guide that
includes four activities which are suggested for use in schools or by
students and parents at home. The activities are self-guided and promote
critical thinking. They are also interactive, inviting students to locate,
evaluate, and compare sources of information on the Internet. Two of
the student activities on this site are suggested for elementary students
(grades 4-6), two are intended for middle-school students (grades 6-8).
However, you may use any activity at either level, depending on your
curriculum needs and on the abilities of your students. Below are links
to the pages in Britannica.com's activity guide. Each page includes
correlations to national standards, teaching suggestions for a student
activity, and a list of additional resources.
College Level Courses
- DINOSAUR
PALEONTOLOGY (Geology 212) An online listing of the syllabus and
other information of a course taught by, Jack Horner, Curator of Paleontology,
Museum of the Rockies, Chris Organ, Lisa Cooper. This site is maintained
by Celeste Horner, Webmaster (chorner@montana.edu) For a Fall Semester
1998 offering. I have included it here because it contains of wealth
of information about dinosaurs, their classification, relationships
and other references and information that you should check out if you
are seeking information about these exciting creatures.
- DINOSAURS
AND THE HISTORY OF LIFE Purpose and Scope: Dinosaurs are a spectacular
example of a common and highly successful form of life, dominant for
135,000,000 years and still with us today. The course focuses on using
dinosaurs to show how the Earth and its life functions, and how scientists
learn how the world works. We will use a paleoecological systems approach,
and hence the course is a basic introduction to Earth Systems in general.
The lab is a "hands-on" introduction to paleobiology and historical
aspects of Earth System study. The main question that we focus on is,
"What can dinosaurs tell us about the way the world works?". This page
has a link to the online Syllabus which is a nice set of lecture notes
(a little slow loading) that you may find useful.
- Dinosaur World.
Texas A&M University Department of Geology & Geophysics , Geol. 307.
Dinosaur World is a Tier II core curriculum course in Science that uses
dinosaur evolution and paleoecology to investigate how geological and
biological processes interact to shape the history of life on earth.
Large land reptiles appeared and flourished during the Mesozoic, a time
of warm 'greenhouse' climate, when the present-day continents were gathered
into super-continents. The class will discuss the unique problems of
dinosaur paleobiology, including the morphological constraints imposed
by gigantism, the controversy about dinosaur metabolism, and the evolutionary
relationships of dinosaurs to modern and ancient vertebrates. Finally,
the class will evaluate the cause of dinosaur extinction at the end
of the Mesozoic, and ponder the implications of the Cretaceous/Tertiary
mass extinction for organisms living today. This site contains more
info, including a summary syllabus for this course.
- So
You Want to Become a Paleontologist? The Dinosaur Mailing
List FAQs - A Career in Paleontology. The Dinosaur Mailing List
receives numerous requests for advice on how to become a paleontologist
and which colleges offer programs in paleontology. Rather than have
potential paleos write to the list and list members recreate answers
with each new inquiry, the authors of this page hope that what has been
assembled here will simplify the process for potential paleontologists
seeking information on pursuing such a career. The authors welcome expansion
of this site. If anyone would like to contribute information about undergraduate
or graduate school paleontology programs, please e-mail list owners
Mary Kirkaldy (mkirkaldy@aol.com) or Mickey Rowe(rowe@psych.ucsb.edu).
- Dinosaur Encyclopaedia 4.0 is a reference
program containing information on all known and characterized dinosaurs.
The point and click format makes the program suitable for all ages, from
primary school to adult. Information includes the family type, geological
era, size, location, name meaning, type of fossils, comments, and species
list. It has a built-in dictionary. The information can be browsed, or accessed
by name, country of origin, size or geological time period, or searched
by individual words or from an extensive index. Version 7.0 is now available
from the author and by his permission I have been allowed to post this older
html version 4.0 online for your use. This is my top reference for searching
for information on specific dinosaurs electronically. I have found no other
software that matches this code. It is now here to support the author and
his work on future versions. I recommend this now as your first stop in
search of information on specific dinosaurs, along with Dinosauria
On-Line, and DINOSAURICON.
DINO RUSS 8-29-00
- Draw T. rex,
Stephen F. Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey, Grade: 4 and up, Core content:
Fossils are evidence of past life. Objectives and summary In this
activity, students learn how scientists determine what prehistoric animals
looked like based on their bones. The activity reinforces the concept that
fossils are mostly the remains of hard parts of ancient life and integrates
paleontology with biology. The instructor and students will use the appearance
of modern animals to reconstruct what an ancient animal, a Tyrannosaurus
rex (T. rex), may have looked like when it was living. The instructor will
draw the T. rex on a chalkboard over a projected image of a T. rex skull.
You do not need to be an artist to do this activity. Students follow along
on their own worksheets. What they will see on the chalkboard is the projected
image. At the end of the activity, when the projected image is turned off,
all that is left is a drawing of the mighty T. rex!
- Jurassic Park Institute is a
new educationally-focused program dedicated to dinosaur science. Its goal:
to reach out to children around the world and encourage study and learning
about dinosaurs. Funded by Universal Studios and director Steven Spielberg's
Amblin Entertainment, the Institute's dedicated web site (www.jpinstitute.com)
was launched in July 2001, along with the release of the feature film Jurassic
Park III. The Jurassic Park Institute web site will be a resource for
dinosaur learning and fun for individual and classroom use.
- Learning and Fun
With Dinosaurs. What's that? You don't think that learning and fun should
be in the same sentence? Well, try this area out and see for yourself. There
are games and puzzles to try, along with some facts for you to learn. Some
things need to be printed for you to do them properly (ask Mom or Dad to
help you if you need it). There are sections with things for children of
different ages, so pick something that is OK for you to do. Parents, feel
free to use parts of this for your kids off the computer. Teachers, feel
free to use what you want from this in your classrooms. All the parts of
this page were either made by me, or permission has been given for use by
the person who made the part.Site is by Darryl Jones (aka dinoguy) dinoguy@sympatico.ca.
- Sites for and by Kids: From time to time I get requests
to add links by many young aspiring web authors and I thought it would be
good to include a section here that presents some of the work by these web
designers of tomorrow. Children not only will find more tidbits of information
on dinosaurs but they may be inspired to develop their own web pages and
may be the dinosaur webmasters of the next generation one day!
- Paleontology
- This link is to a portion of a web site that covers dinosaurs and
related prehistoric animals. Maintained and authored by Nikki Scodras
this site has information on dinosaurs. But also check out other sections
I have not linked as well, Nikki's pages also talk about various other
aspects of paleontology including: links to trilobites and prehistoric
mammals what paleontology it is, how one becomes a paleontologist, museums,
evolution and the origin of life, the process of fossilization, how
to collect fossils, age of fossils, and more, discussion of the history
of paleontology, and an area where Nikki espouses her ideas on what
killed the dinosaurs, discusses her view on the competing theories and
takes a poll of the readers as to what they think.
- Zoom Dinosaurs - A dinosaur information resource for families with material
presented in hypertext format. The material is well suited for providing
information with younger readers especially and any educator or parents
seeking information should consider checking this site out!
- American Museum of Natural History
Main Page of The American Museum of Natural History. There are a number
of good exhibit and information relating to the dinosaurs of the AMNH. Some
of the links include:
- American
Museum of Natural History: Fossil Halls Links to exhibits and info
about fossils, particularly vertebrates and dinosaurs.
- Barosaurus
Information on the Barosaurus exhibit that was recently done.
- The
Glen Rose Trackway is a series of fossilized dinosaur footprints
left some 107 million years ago at the edge of a lagoon. Excavated from
the bed of the Paluxy River, near the town of Glen Rose in central Texas,
the trackway gives a picture of dinosaurs that in some ways is more
striking than that offered by fossils.
- Dinosaur
embryo. Since 1990 scientists from the American Museum of Natural
History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences have been collaborating
on an ongoing expedition to Mongolia, one of the world's richest sites
of excellently preserved dinosaur fossils. In 1993 at a site called
Ukhaa Tolgod ("brown hills"), members of the expedition discovered one
of the most important finds that Mongolia has yielded -- an egg containing
the fossilized embryo of a theropod dinosaur, thought to be 70 to 80
million years old. Dinosaur eggs were found in the Gobi Desert by the
Museum's Central Asiatic Expedition of the 1920s, but none of them contained
embryos. This is the first such complete and informative example to
be discovered there, as well as the first embryo of a meat-eating dinosaur
to be found anywhere in the world. Studying the fossilized embryo, scientists
identified it as an unhatched oviraptorid, a dinosaur whose long neck
and long hind legs resembled those of an ostrich, while its skull looked
like that of a parrot.
- Tyrannosaurus.
Almost everything about this dinosaur -- the four-foot-long jaw, the
six-inch-long teeth, and the huge thigh bones -- bespeaks the enormous
power of Tyrannosaurus rex, the largest theropod (or meat-eating dinosaur)
that ever existed. Most of the bones here are real, fossilized Tyrannosaurus
bones. They are from two specimens discovered in Montana by Museum paleontologist
Barnum Brown in 1902 and 1908. These 65-million-year-old bones were
once arranged so that the dinosaur stood upright, propped on its tail.
Based on new research, however, Museum scientists determined that it
was more accurate to show Tyrannosaurus rex mounted on two feet, in
a stalking position, with its head low, tail extended, and one foot
slightly raised. The dinosaur in this position is equally if not more
terrifying than before, with implications of speed added to its obvious
strength and size.
- Division of Paleontology.
If you really want to dig into the programs and collections at the museum
then this is the link. You can access cool images of specimens from
recent expeditions, catalogs of fossil specimens and much more such
as:
- University of California at Berkeley-Museum of Paleontology. This
is one of the two top sites that I have seen for dinosaur exhibits and information
online. I recommend you check it out! Dino Russ 5-13-96.
- Evolutionary
Relationships of Archosaurs Phylogeny is "the study of patterns
of ancestry and decent among animals living and dead." Examine a chart
showing all the the different types of dinosaurs and dinosaur relatives.
- Introduction
to Dilophosaur
- Dinosaurs
in Berkeley. The Dinosauria: Truth is Stranger than Fiction Dinosaurs
occupy a vaunted niche in the public mind; the very word conjures up
images of gargantuan, now-defunct beasts that ruled the Earth long ago.
What is the truth about dinosaurs that underlies the popular awe and
mystique that shrouds them? What does modern science have to say about
the dinosaurs? Dinosaurs are animals that evolved into many sizes and
shapes and were and are quite diverse, and this group of animals with
widely different modes of living lived from late in the Triassic period
(about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Mesozoic era (about
65 million years ago); but actually they live on today as the birds.
- DISPELLING DINOSAUR MYTHS: The term "dinosaur" has had
a long history of misrepresentation.
- Not everything big and dead is a dinosaur.
- Not all dinosaurs lived at the same time.
- Dinosaurs are not extinct. Technically - based on features
of the skeleton, most dinosaur experts consider birds to be
dinosaurs.
- And finally links to many Berkely and other Dinosaur links!
- Dinosaur
Buzzwords What is science? Find out what the basic principles of
science are, and how paleontologists have struggled to follow these
rules in their dinosaur research. Check out Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs?,
Dinosaur Extinction, Dinosaur Speeds, Dinosaurs, Movies, and Reality,
and Dinosaur-Bird Relationships.
- The
Brutal Carnosaurs Carnosaurs, the "big mean meat-eating machines,"
include most people's favorite dinosaurs.
- Early
Dinosaur Discoveries in North America In the mid-19th century dinosaur
remains were discovered in North America. Learn about some of the first
paleontologists, like Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Marsh, and the
first full dinosaur skeleton found.
- Hadrosaurian
Dinosaurs The Hadrosaurian dinosaurs are more commonly known as
the "duckbilled dinosaur." Read more about this interesting dinosaur
group and its relatives and subfamilies.
- Theropod
Dinosaurs Theropods are "beast-footed" carnivorous dinosaurs, categorized
in in the saurischian dinosaurs. Studies have shown that birds
are actually a form of theropods.
- The UCMP
T. rex Expo! Museum of Paleontology-University of California at
Berkeley.
- BERI'S
DINOSAUR WORLD Presenting the Art of Berislav Krzic. Another interesting
art site. Beri has some very nice images, also talks about how artists do
their work (a nice source of info for those wanting to know more about this).
Beri is also adding other links and info as time goes on. With many of the
images are facts and information about the dinosaurs Beri draws. Makes this
another good information site about the specific dinosaurs he has done in
his art work.
- Dann's
Dinosaurs. Site with information on known Australian Dinosaurs as well
as a listing of well known dinosaurs elsewhere in the world.
- Dinochick.com. Website of ReBecca
K. Hunt who is a good member of SVP. Site has lots of photos over past few
years (including 2005) of SVP activities and fun. We paleontologists know
how to have fun besides doing our research :-). Site also contains information
about her research and work, links ect. Especially of interest to me is
work on Arkansas dinosaur material she has studied and published on. Material
from Arkansas and Missouri -- there is hope yet for Illinois dinosaurs.ReBecca
is currently a Paleontology Research Assistant at Augustana College.
- Dino Directory (from
the Natural History Museum, London) This is a guide to 127 of the most well-described
dinosaurs. Look up these dinosaurs by name (alpahabetically), by country
found, or by geological time period. Also has some nice images of each dinosaur!
Very nice site.
- Dinodomain.com. Created by paleontologist
and artist Robert Gay, Dinodomain.com exists to not only showcase paleoartistic
reconstructions of Mesozoic and Paleozoic life, but also to provide a well
of information, containing photographs, skeletal reconstuctions, and articles
availible online.
- Dinogeorge's Home
Page. Dinogeorge's (George Olshevsky ) site contains links, current
dinosaur genera listing, info on his dinosaur folio series and more.
- Dinogeorge's
Dinosaur Genera List. Probably the most complete list of dinosaur genera
anywhere on the web. This alphabetized listcomprises all dinosaur generic
names based on skeletal material known to have been published anywhere,
with or without formal scientific descriptions. Names printed in bold italics
are scientifically valid; other names are vernacular, preoccupied, or otherwise
scientifically invalid. Occasionally it is found that two different names
have been given to the same genus. Such names are known as synonyms, and
instances of synonymy are annotated in the List (see Synonymies in List
section below). Being a synonym by no means invalidates a generic name,
since the junior synonym is usually available in case a synonymy is refuted.The
names appear in this List without regard to their validity or synonymy,
but each name is associated in some way, formally or informally, with real
fossil material. Names of dinosaur footprint and egg genera, however, or
of fictional, fictitious, or fraudulent dinosaurs, are not included. Published
Japanese common names, usually ending in “-ryu,” are not included
unless they have been Latinized elsewhere in print. Also not included are
names that have appeared solely on the Internet, or in e-mails, in advance
of publication (there are usually four or five such floating around at any
particular time). Author(s) and year of publication are provided for each
name, to facilitate locating original references.
- Dinorama. National
Geographics site, Visitors can move through each Geologic period and learn
how the latest discoveries are changing our understanding of how dinosaurs
lived and died. View the first CT scan of the T. rex or view a 3-D model
of the Apatosaurus. Also provided, Q&A answered by dinosaur experts, the
latest verdict on topics such as the missing link between birds and dinosaurs
and an archive of related sites.
- Dinosaurium. Part
of the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum (HVNHM) lobby. An online "virtual"
Natural History museum on the web. Contains information, facts and other
items of interest about a number of the well known dinosaurs. Check it out.
- Dinosaurworld.
Another interesting information site. Includes links, cladograms, species
index, forum for discussion, and plans to add more. Bears watching.
- Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction.
This USGS site maintained by Kathie Fraser contains answers to some frequently
asked questions about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct
some long-lived popular misconceptions. Although much has been discovered
recently about dinosaurs, there is still a great deal more to learn about
our planet and its ancient inhabitants.
- The Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette.
Dinosaur news and information.
- Dino land
website. Surf around awhile, and you will find interviews of your favorite
paleontologists, updates on dino land projects, links to the best paleo
sites on the web, info on new finds, and so much more.
- DINOSAUR
Mailing List Archives. These are the archives of the DINOSAUR Internet
mailing list (dinosaur@usc.edu). The
archives are hosted at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History by permission
of the list owners, Sam McLeod (smcleod@bcf.usc.edu)
and Mickey Rowe (mrowe@indiana.edu)
- DINO PARADISE(English).
This site run by Japanese dinosaur enthusiast Teruo Mizukami
- Dinosurf.com.Dinosaur site directory
with links for research, museums, kids sites, image galleries, digs, homepages,
and timelines. ...
- Dinosaur
Reconstruction Pages. FROM DEATH TO DISPLAY - The Basics of Dinosaur
Reconstruction. With images of dinosaurs adorning various items of popular
culture from cereal boxes to postage stamps it can be difficult to imagine
that these gigantic land-dwelling fauna have been extinct for 65 million
years. Indeed, essentially all we know about what dinosaurs looked like
comes from the fossil record! Inferring dinosaur morphology from from fossil
bones is a process as complex and fascinating as dinosaurs themselves. This
site has been constructed as a tool for understanding the basic components
of dinosaur reconstruction. Includes the following topics: FOSSILIZATION
, PROSPECTING, COLLECTION , RESTORATION, ASSEMBLAGE, MUSCULATURE, ANIMATION,
REFERENCES , MUSEUM LINKS
- Discovering Dinosaurs,
presented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Discovering Dinosaurs, presented
by Britannica.com, is an online expedition into our paleontological past
and an itinerary for its future. Through a series of thoughtful essays,
it explores how our conception of dinosaurs has evolved in the 150 years
since the creatures were first "discovered." They conclude that,
despite 66 million years of extinction, dinosaurs continue to change as
we do, because they exist as much in our science and imagination as they
do deep within the ground, in scattered fossil remnants. And, as science
marches on, the debate continues to this day about what we mean when we
say "dinosaur." Are they related to birds or reptiles? Killed
off by asteroids or disease? Warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
- Howell's Dinosaur Learning
Center. Welcome to Learning Link's dinosaur on-line learning center,
where learning is fun! Please use this WebPage to enhance your knowledge
of dinosaurs! Includes: Virtual Field Trips. Interdisciplinary information,
Interactive Activities and Additional Web Sites
- Ischigualasto - Triassic
Park. The objectives of this research project are the discovery and
extraction of vertebrate fossils, and fossil plants when found, and the
stratigraphic and tectonic analysis of the sediments in which they are found.
Fossils from Ischigualasto are significant due to their temporal position
at the beginning of the Mesozoic archosaur radiation. Results of discoveries
made in Ischigualasto are applied to the history and interpretation of life
and to the geological definition of continental Triassic stratigraphy. Motivated
volunteers can contribute greatly in the prospecting and extraction of fossils.
Volunteer assignments will be the same as those of the professional staff.
- JORDAN MALLON'S
Paleoportfolio This website is devoted to the science and art of dinosaurs.
It will be constantly updated as new illustrations and information are added.
Illustrations
& Information: Presented on the following pages, in alphabetical
order, are a host of dinosaurian species. Each of these species is fully
illustrated and accompanied by significant and up-to-date information. To
view these profiles, please click...
- Glen Kuban's Dinosaur Den:
Links to Dinosaurs and Related Prehistoric Creatures This site provides
over 200 links to web sites and other Internet resources on dinosaurs and
related prehistoric creatures.
- Prehistoric Planet. Prehistoric
Planet is a growing resource for fossil enthusiasts that not only provides
information about dinosaurs but other aspects of vertebrate paleontology.
Find the latest news about finds and specimens, ask questions of paleontologists,
view new paleo art and more.. Prehistoric Planet is sponsored by Paleoclones
a new fossil casting organization offering over two hundred species of dinosaurs,
mammals, trilobites and more. PaleoClones specimens range in size from tiny
trilobites to a forty foot long life-size Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton! Each
fossil replica is finely detailed to match the original specimen. PaleoClones'
ultimate mission is to increase natural history education in people of all
ages and backgrounds. We are working closely with schools, museums and fossil
clubs to this end.
- Prehistorics Illustrated.
A place to learn about Dinosaurs and prehistoric life.... Information on
dinosaurs and prehistoric fossils, pictures of dinos, paleo art and illustrations,
paleontology and dinosaur news. Detailed research links and dinosaur information.
- Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta, Canada This is one of the two top sites
that I have seen for dinosaur exhibits and information online. I recommend
you check it out!
The
Dinosaur Society UK Contains:
- New dinosaur publications & reviews...
- Exclusive artwork & dinosaur pictures...
- The latest in dinosaur finds & news...
- Loads of dinosaur links...
- Notices of forthcoming events & exhibitions...
- Mission Statement
To encourage everyone to learn about and enjoy the fascination of dinosaurs,
and to support the work of people engaged in forwarding the science
of palaeontology. The goals of this society are as follows::
- Advance the education of the general public in the scientific
aspects of dinosaurs, palaeontology and earth science generally.
- Support interpretative displays, travelling and permanent exhibitions
and educational projects.
- Help fund palaeontological activity.
- Raise awareness and spread the profile of the science of palaeontology.
- Antarctic
dinosaur finds. Information about the first known Antarctic dinosaurs.
By Augustana professor Dr. William R. Hammer, and his field team, which
also included Augustana graduate William J. Hickerson in 1990 and 1991.
Included a crested theropod and prosauropod.
- Argentina Lately many significant discoveries have been made in
this country. As a result I am putting some of the significant links that
have information on some of these finds:
-
Sauropod Eggs From Pantagonia, Argentina. Below are links to sites
about an exciting site in Argentina where thousands of sauropod eggs
have been found as well as a number of dinosaur embryos (and some hatchlings)
with fossilized skin impressions.
- First
Dinosaur Embryos Found With Fossilized Skin. An exhibition at
the American Museum of Natural History, December 17, 1999 to May
1, 2000. In November 1997, Dr. Luis Chiappe and Dr. Lowell Dingus
went to Patagonia with an expedition team and discovered a nesting
site that contained thousands of dinosaur eggs, including fossilized
embryos and fossilized skin. Sauropods, a type of plant-eating dinosaur,
not only gathered in this area of Patagonia to lay their eggs, but
returned there for numerous seasons. .
- Tiniest
Giants web site. Our team set up this web site to correspond
to the Tiniest Giants museum exhibit and provide additional information
and resources to you about this amazing and fun discovery. The exhibit
and this site are a joint project of the Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County and the Carmen Funes Museum in Neuquen, Argentina.
Our team discovered the first ever sauropod eggs with babies still
inside. Sauropods are a group of giant, long-necked, plant-eating
dinosaurs. This discovery showed that tiny hatchlings can grow to
be the largest dinosaurs. The search is on to learn more about the
giant parents of these tiny eggs...
- Australia
- Dann's
Dinosaurs -- Australian Dinosaurs only. A listing of dinosaurs and
other information about dinosaurs of Australia.
- Dinosaur
Dreaming - MONASH UNIVERSITY Dinosaur/VP PALEO SITE. The Monash
University has a on-line paleo site where you can learn about its 'Dinosaur
Dreaming' expeditions. Dinosaur Dreaming is part of a successful project
between Museum Victoria and Monash University, the Dinosaur Dreaming
fossil excavations at Inverloch over the last 12 years have yielded
not only fascinating insights to the life and times of Australia’s
Dinosaurs, but also highly significant and intriguing fossil mammals.
Inverloch: Home of Dinosaur Dreaming is the Victorian coastal town near
which the Dinosaur Dreaming site is located. About 145 kilometres (ninety
minutes drive) from Melbourne, Inverloch is a very civilised place from
which to do field research.The site is a rocky shore platform called
Flat Rocks, about five minutes' drive from the township on a stretch
of coast favoured by surfers and fishing enthusiasts. This is where
the Cretaceous mammal, Ausktribosphenos nyktos, was found in March 1997.
- Colorado
- Dinosaur Depot
features exhibits that explore the very rich fossil heritage of
the Cañon City area. Initially the focus was on the Garden Park
Fossil Area, 12 miles north of Cañon City on the historic Shelf
Road to Cripple Creek, Colorado. The Garden Park Fossil Area has produced
world-class, late Jurassic dinosaur fossils for over 125 years. While
the area is known worldwide for its dinosaur fossils, other types of
fossils have been located that help our understanding of the Jurassic
environment. More recently, dinosaur fossils have been found in other
areas around Cañon City.
- Skyline Drive
Trackway Site. In December 1999 a Cañon City resident
studying paleontology at the University of Denver brought to our
attention the presence of dinosaur tracks on Skyline Drive. Skyline
Drive travels along the top of the Dakota Formation hogback just
to the west of Cañon City. Volunteers from the Dinosaur Depot
developed the site during 2000 and 2001. One of the tracks can be
seen on exhibit in the Dinosaur Depot. A guide brochure for the
Skyline Drive Trackway Site is available in the Dinosaur Gift Shop.
- A Short
History of Dinosaur Collecting Garden Park Fossil Area, Cañon
City, Colorado Following the discovery of dinosaur bones in the
early 1870’s, the Garden Park Fossil Area near Cañon
City, Colorado, became important for the discovery of Late Jurassic
dinosaurs. Note: You can visit this area (A BLM site) in
field north of town, it has interpretive trails and you can view
the original quarry site done for O.C. Marsh for example and see
great exposures of the Morrison Formation.
- Chronological list of excavators:
- Oramel and Ira Lucas for Edward Drinker Cope of Philadelphia
(1877-1883),
- Benjamin Mudge, Samuel Williston and Marshall P. Felch for
Othniel Charles Marsh of Yale University (1877) and Felch (1882-1888),
- John Hatcher and William Utterback for the Carnegie Museum
of Natural History, Pittsburgh (1900-1901),
- Dall DeWeese (1915) and Frederick C. Kessler (1937) for the
Colorado Museum of Natural History (now DMNS*),
- Edwin Delfs for Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1954,
1955, 1957),
- K. Don Lindsey for Denver Museum of Natural History (now DMNS*)
(1979),
- Kenneth Carpenter for the Denver Museum of Natural History
(Now the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.) (1991-1996),
- Donna Engard for the Dinosaur Depot Museum (1995-present)
- The Dinosaurs
of Garden Park The Garden Park Fossil Area has produced some
of the finest late Jurassic dinosaur specimens known. This section
deals with the species of dinosaurs that have been found in the
Fossil Area.
- The dinosaurs are listed alphabetically by type.
- Theropods (carnivores)
- Sauropods (quadripedal plant eaters)
- Ornithopods (bipedal plant eaters)
- Armored Dinosaurs (plated plant eaters)
- Dinosaurs
of Colorado - As part of the Morrison
Natural History Museum's web site Guide
to the Dinosaurs of Colorado contains a separate information page
on each genus of dinosaur that has been found within the State of Colorado,
as well as some dinosaurs whose occurrence here has been inferred from
indirect evidence. Some of the interesting pages found on this site
include:
- Dinosaur
Journey - Museum of Western Colorado Welcome to the Museum of Western
Colorado's Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado, right in the heart
of dinosaur country. Our museum features the latest exhibits and information
about dinosaurs of western Colorado, eastern Utah and surrounding areas,
realistic robotic dinosaurs and a working paleontology laboratory.We want
your visit (both at the museum and here at our web site) to be not only
educational, but fun as well. Just click on any of the links above to
learn more about our history, our museums and expeditions - and when you're
planning your next vacation, come to Dinosaur Journey - it's where your
best dino-friends are! Our hands-on, interactive museum is the perfect
place to learn about our favorite subject - dinosaurs! We have robotic
displays of Dilophosaurus, Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Utahraptor,
T-Rex and many other displays including real bones plus cast skeletons
of Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Velociraptor,
Othneilia and the rare Mymoorapelta.Get your hands on real dinosaur bones!
Learn about the great diversity of dinosaurs including the largest and
smallest that have been found right here in western Colorado.
- Maps
to Dinosaur Journey.
- News.
- Join
the Museum
- Hours and Fees:
- Hours
Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday Noon to 4 p.m.
Admission: $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for children, and
immediate family groups, $20. Free to members. Combination tickets
for Cross Orchards, the Museum of Western Colorado and Dinosaur
Journey: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for children
- Gobi Desert Mongolia
- American Museum of Natural History
- Illinois Dinosaurs - The Quest Are there
dinosaurs to be found in the Cretaceous rocks of Illinois? Most likely somewhere,
but the question is where? Paleontologists Russ Jacobson and Joe Devera
of the ISGS have been involved in ongoing field studies to examine potential
sites in the Cretaceous of southern and western Illinois. This page will
be an "ongoing report" of a work in progress by these scientists and others
they are collaborating with.
- Sinofossa Institute is
dedicated to the understanding of past. They provide knowledge of Chinese
vertebrate past (dinosaurs as well as associated vertebrates) past both
online and in the field. Supported by its world-leading academics as well
as field experience in the study of fossils in both China and North America,
Sinofossa Institute is unique in its strong emphasis on the scientific,
educational, and cultural appeal of fossils, especially dinosaurs. Sinofossa
Institute serves people in two ways: by its expeditions, which provide participants
the unique experiences on Chinese cultural, historical, and geological wonders,
and by its online information services, which provide reliable and valuable
sources on news and views about natural history of China. Sinofossa Institute
was incorporated in Montreal, Canada in 2003. It was founded by professional
paleontologist Dr. Hailu You (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2002).
Dr. You has 15 years of experience in the discovery and study of dinosaurs
from both China and North America. Why Are China's Dinosaurs Important?
In recent years, China has produced some of the most exceptional paleontological
discoveries ever made, including stunning dinosaur fossils preserving soft
tissues such as feathers, skin, and internal organs. These discoveries have
provided unprecedented insight into the evolution of these remarkable animals
and their world. In particular, several landmark Chinese fossils have firmly
established that birds are living dinosaurs China has proven to be one of
the most productive areas for new discoveries. Dinosaurs from China are
often bizarre, even by dinosaur standards. They include long-necked plant-eaters
with clubs on their tails; tiny, tree-dwelling predators covered in feathers;
fearsome, giant carnivores with long crests on their skulls; and tall, long-necked,
plant-eaters with short legs and enormous arms. Many of these exciting new
discoveries have inspired paleontologists to rethink formerly accepted ideas
about dinosaurs and the world they lived in..
- Expeditions.
Sinofossa's expeditions are small-grouped, professional-led, and educational-highlighted
journeys on cultural, historical, and geological wonders of China. Currently,
Sinofossa's expeditions unite volunteers with professional paleontologists
to discover and excavate fossils (especial dinosaurs) at some of the
most spectacular fossil sites in China. Participating scientists gain
valuable support in data collection, while volunteers are rewarded with
unique educational, cultural, and personal experiences. Our expeditions
provide an opportunity for anyone, regardless of their scientific background,
to make a lasting contribution to the understanding of our past.
- News on Chinese dinosaurs
-- from SinoFossa.
- Sinosaur: Encyclopedia
of Chinese dinosaurs. Currently a work in progress on Sinofossa's
news page. This link takes you right to the "encyclopedia"
- Bambiraptor
or "baby raptor"-Two Medicine Formation, Campanian, Choteau, Montana, 1993.
Nearly 100% complete skeleton (Burnham et al, 1999). Remarkably similar
to Archaeopteryx. Largest brain-size of any known dinosaur. Researchers
have unveiled what may be the most convincing evolutionary link yet between
dinosaurs and birds: a 75-million-year-old creature with a roadrunner's
body, arms that resembled clawed wings and hair-like feathers. They call
it Bambiraptor feinbergi. The first recovered skeleton of the species was
shown Thursday by the Florida Institute of Paleontology. It is not clear
whether the creature could fly, but experts said that anatomically it is
the most birdlike dinosaur yet discovered. They said the finding advances
the increasingly popular theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
- Dinobird.
A new dinosaur specimen unearthed in the Liaoning Province of the China
demonstrates exceptional preservation of integumentary structures akin to
primitive feathers.Theropod dinosaurs with feather-like structures have
been found from deposits roughly 130 million years ago during the Late Jurassic,
however none have been as well preserved as this new specimen from the Yixian
Formation. The entire skeleton is preserved on two counter slabs, in a pose
much like that of its close relative the oldest bird (Archaeopteryx lithographica)
from the Jurassic of Germany. It's sub-adult state, complicates identification.
It either is a juvenile specimen of Sinornithosaurus or new genus. However,
it undoubtedly belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae, which also includes
Velociraptor. A full description of the specimen can be found in the next
issue of Nature. More images can be found below.
- Smithsonian
Institution: Bibliography of Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs
- Hadrosaurus foulkii
Information about the world's first dinosaur skeleton discovered in 1858
in Haddonfield, NJ.
- Pawpawsaurus.
This is a new genus of armored dinosaur (Nodosaurid) that I discovered in
north central Texas back in May of 1992. It lived during the Early Cretaceous
period. It has certainly generated a lot of interest among dinosaur specialists
and enthusiasts! Part of NATURALWORLDS.ORG, a series of natural history
web sites! NATURAL WORLDS is a completely non-profit, educational online
series which exists as a means of providing detailed information on a variety
of topics within the natural history field.
- LISTEN
TO A PARASAUROLOPHUS ONLINE The New Mexico Museum of Natural History
presents a web site that has the computer simulation of the sounds of this
dinosaur is based on a skull of Parasaurolophus, including its extremely
well-preserved crest, that was discovered in northwest New Mexico in August
1995. This New Mexico fossil is one of the most complete ever found (only
five complete or partial skulls have been reported for Parasaurolophus)
and the first nearly complete skull to be found in more than 70 years. Check
this one out! Dino Russ 5-27-98
- Scipionyx
dinosaur fossil a rare dinosaur fossil discovered in Italy has shown
more about the internal biology of theropod, or meat-eating dinosaurs than
ever known before. Researchers at Oregon State University used study of
this baby Scipionyx dinosaur fossil - a species that was somewhat similar
to a Velociraptor - to learn much about how the dinosaurs lived and functioned,
and outlined those findings in a Jan. 21, 1999, publication in the journal
Science. The more
distant image shows the whole fossil, while the close-up
image emphasizes the intestines and other internal organs that were
apparent in the fossil.
- STRUTHIOMIMUS
PROJECT Check out this project. A very significant find of what may
be the most complete Struthiomimus ever found. Found by staff of the
The Makoshika Dinosaur Museum. There is more on this specimen also found
on the Fort Peck Paleontology
website where the specimen is being prepared by members of this group as
well as Nate Murphy of the Judith
River Institute so that Fort
Peck Paleontology can make high quality casts of the specimen (one of
their specialties check it out).
- Thescelosaurus with a
heart. Scientists Discover 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur with a Heart
Scientists at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum
of Natural Sciences have discovered the world's first dinosaur specimen
with a fossilized heart. The fossil is on display in the museum's new $71-million
building, which opened April 7. "Not only does this specimen have a heart,
but computer-enhanced images of its chest strongly suggest it is a four-chambered,
double-pump heart with a single systemic aorta, more like the heart of a
mammal or bird than a reptile," says Dr. Dale Russell, a paleontologist
at NC State University and a senior research curator at the N.C. Museum
of Natural Sciences. The finding suggests the dinosaur's circulatory system
was more advanced than that of reptiles, and supports the hypothesis that
dinosaurs were warm-blooded, Russell says. "This challenges some of our
most fundamental theories about how and when dinosaurs evolved," he says.
The dinosaur, a 66-million-year-old Thescelosaurus (THESS-uh-loh-SAWR-us)
about the size of a short-legged pony, was found in 1993 in northwest South
Dakota. It was acquired by the museum in 1996 and is on permanent display
in the museum's new "Prehistoric North Carolina" exhibit. Scientists have
nicknamed the 663-pound, 13-foot-long herbivore Willo, after the wife of
the rancher on whose property it was found. Images of the fossil, a video,
and further information is available on the Web at this site maintained
jointly by the university and museum.
- Thescelosaurus
. This site has information on the basal ornithopod Thescelosaurus (the
"wonderful lizard"). In addition it has information about other dinosaurs,
geologic time charts and other pertinent information.
- Tyrannosaurus rex Information about one of the favorite dinosaurs!
- Scotty: the Tyrannosaurus
Rex at Eastend, Saskatchewan and the The
Eastend Fossil Research Station is where Scotty is currently being
prepared. It will still take another two years to complete the preparation
of the T. rex skeleton. Currently they estimate that 65% of the skeleton
is preserved, including most of the skull. Preliminary measurements
alsc suggest that it is above average for the size of known T. rex skeletons.
This type of information won't be confirmed until the preparation is
completed. The community of Eastend is building the new T.
rex center. to house Scotty and other paleontological finds in the
region. This page shows views currently of the construction in progress.
The building will be constructed into the side of a hill in the Frenchman
River Valley.
- CARNEGIE
work on type T. rex Remarkably, the skull of the type specimen of
Tyrannosaurus rex — arguably the most famous of all dinosaurs—has
never been scientifically studied. Shortly after the first skeleton
of this large predator was collected by the famous dinosaur hunter Barnum
Brown in 1902, its skull and skeleton were reconstructed for exhibit
at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The skeleton
was sold to Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1942. Unlike most
dinosaur specimens on exhibit in Dinosaur Hall, the skull of T. rex
is, for the most part, sculpted out of plaster and contains only a few
original bones and teeth. Later discoveries of more complete skulls
of this dinosaur show that this reconstruction is incorrect. Therefore,
the skull will now be carefully dismantled by experienced preparators
to expose, clean, and conserve the original bones and teeth, which,
for the first time, will be studied by paleontologists. After this study
has been completed, the bones and teeth will be inserted into a new
reconstruction based on the more complete skulls of T. rex that have
been discovered since 1902.
- SUE
- Sue on the web.
The Field Museum of Natural History site on the famous Tyrannosaurus
rex named Sue. Learn about Sue and other info about her relatives
on this site. This site includes all kinds of information about
this specimen which was just finally officially open to display
on May 17, 2000. The site contains many images where you can see
how paleontologists and technicians clean and prepare the remains
of this predatory dinosaur now on display at the Field Museum. Also
contains information on the traveling displays of copies of Sue
sponsored by McDonalds and the exhibits at Disney World in Florida.
Site now contains web casts archives of the opening festivities
the week of May 17th for Sue's unveiling at the Museum.
- Sue Unveiled.
Live Webcast May 17, 2000. 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Eastern Time Sue Unveiled is presented by The Field Museum
and Ball State University. Sue Unveiled webcasts are brought
to you by the Apple Learning Interchange. Intended audience:
These webcasts, supporting UOPs, web resources, and The Field
Museum curriculum are excellent resources for K-12 learners
and will be of interest to the general public who want to participate
in this historic event at The Field Museum. Content:
Witness the moment when Sue is uncovered at last. Sue Unveiled
will allow online visitors to participate in The Field Museum's
unveiling program for Sue-the largest, most complete, best preserved
T. rex ever found. After 2 1/2 years of preparation, Sue will
be ready to stand again. You will be able to access the video
segments both live and as video on demand from this page. Additional
Sue related video segments can be found their ALI Sue Series
page
- Trex What do we know about this
dinosaur?. The latest information on this favorite dinosaur, new
finds, ideas about their life and behavior. Check out this section of
Jeff Polings Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology on Dinosauria-On-Line!
- Tyrannosaurids and Dinosaur
Fun. Nice site that has information on the various members of this
famous family of dinosaurs, plus some learning and fun with dinosaurs
(for kids) and list of links.
- PECK'S REX™ HOMEPAGE.
Welcome to PECK'S REX. Dedicated to the Tyrannosaurs rex fossil skeleton
discovered in McCone County, Montana, 1997.
- PECK'S REX In The
FPDICM. See the second skeleton mounted in a very dynamic pose.
- REPLICAS AVAILABLE
FOR PURCHASE.
- ABOUT PECK'S
REX : Great photos of the individual elements of Pecks Rex.
If you are wanting to learn more about T. rex check this one out!
- 2004
Field Season: The Fort Peck Field Station had another exciting
field summer ahead. Though this years field season is not open for
public participation, work is still being done. The hope is to finish
up the rex site, but right now that is not looking possible.
- The field season finished up well and we will be digging again
next year. A number of new elements were uncovered including
both humeri! We also recovered all but 2 teeth, which means
we have all of the teeth for the upper and lower jaws and premaxilla!
Other elements include gastralia, vertebra, skull elements,
and some partial elements.
- It is looking that Peck's Rex may give a good running for
one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex's ever found
- Tyrannosaurus
rex probably could not run fast, scientists say. King of the
Cretaceous, Tyrannosaurus rex stood on two powerful hind limbs and terrorized
potential prey with its elephantine size and lethal jaws. The dinosaur
was big and bad. But was it fast? That's long been a topic of scientific
debate, with some paleontologists arguing T. rex ran at a zippy top
speed of 45 miles per hour and others suggesting a more moderate 25
miles per hour. Both estimates seemed fast to John Hutchinson of Stanford,
who as a graduate student at the University of California-Berkeley set
out with help from postdoctoral researcher Mariano Garcia, now of Borg-Warner
Automotive, to test them using principles of biomechanics. The researchers
created a computer model to calculate how much leg muscle a land animal
would need to support running fast. In the Feb. 28 issue of the journal
Nature, they report that T. rex probably could not run quickly. In fact,
hindered by its size, it may not have been able to run at all. Though
not enough is known to give an exact speed limit for T. rex, a range
of 10 to 25 miles per hour is possible, according to the authors.
- Utahraptor. Information
on the "super-slasher" at the CEU Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah, a nonprofit
organization operated by the College of Eastern Utah. The museum exhibits
paleontological and archaeological collections from eastern Utah.
- DINOBASE.
Maintained by the Palaeontology research group in the Department of Geology,
University of Bristol, DINOSAUR DATABASE is another good online database
of information. Check it out. Contains information on currently known species
and authorship, cladistics and linnean classification and so forth.
- DinoData - A site that bring you
news about the latest developments concerning the Mesozoic life, specially
news about dinosaurs. This site is a new addition to the sites that contain
a good set of summary data about dinosaurs including names, classifications,
site data, geographic distribution data, geologic data and more, dinosaur
news (online newsletter in acrobat format), also contains biographies of
on several of the well-known dinosaur paleontologists. I recommend all dinosaur
enthusiasts and those wanting more information about dinosaurs to check
this site out, it is a must on your list of bookmarked links. Dino Russ
7-8-99
- The Dinosaur
Database The Arts & Letters Dinosaur Database is part of the Arts
& Letters Jurassic Art program. The database contains detailed information
on hundreds of dinosaurs and dinosaur related topics. Beginners and experts
alike will love the detail contained within. Learn which dinosaur was the
heaviest, tallest, and shortest. See how many movies Hollywood has produced
about dinosaurs over the years. Compare your arguments against those of
Paleontologists on varied subjects including extinction, life spans, and
intelligence. Dive on in and immerse yourself in a wealth of knowledge about
the giants that roamed the earth so long ago! Note: This site seems
to have disappeared. I am going to leave link for moment, if site managers
or someone else can let me know where it is (or if it is gone) I would appreciate
the update. Dino Russ 5-27-05
- DinoDictionary.com. The Dino
Dictionary. On average a new species of dinosaur is discovered every six
weeks. The Dinosaur Dictionary profiles over 300 known dinosaurs. Many dinosaurs
listed in the scientific literature as "doubtful" have been omitted.
Classifications and other characteristics that are uncertain are noted as
"not confirmed" or followed by a question mark. Listen to the
pronunciation of over 300 dinosaur names by simply clicking on the phonetic
spelling of the name. I keep getting a timed out message for this
site. Is it still at this link or like one above also gone? Let me know.
I will leave up for a bit til I can determine its fate. Dino Russ 5-27-05
- Dinosaur Encyclopaedia 4.0 is a reference
program containing information on all known and characterized dinosaurs.
The point and click format makes the program suitable for all ages, from
primary school to adult. Information includes the family type, geological
era, size, location, name meaning, type of fossils, comments, and species
list. It has a built-in dictionary. The information can be browsed, or accessed
by name, country of origin, size or geological time period, or searched
by individual words or from an extensive index. Version 7.0 is now available
from the author and by his permission I have been allowed to post this older
html version 4.0 online for your use. This is my top reference for searching
for information on specific dinosaurs electronically. I have found no other
software that matches this code. It is now here to support the author and
his work on future versions. I recommend this now as your first stop in
search of information on specific dinosaurs, along with Dinosauria
On-line, and DINOSAURICON. DINO RUSS
3-1-04
- Dinosauria On-line Dinosauria
On-line is one of the top dinosaur information web sites. It contains
valuable information on dinosaurs. If you are looking for one of the
sites that is well organizes and contains the most information on dinosaurs
then you have found it. I like it so well that I also mirror it (see
link below). This web site authored and maintained by Jeff Poling is
a must on every dinosaur lovers list!
- DINOSAURICON
Contains one of the best dinosaur classifications along with dinosaur art
and other information. Mike has the best collection of dinosaur art that
I am aware of on the web. Along with with Dinosauria On-line I consider
it one of the top two sites in the sheer volume of contained online information.
If you are seeking information about a specific dinosaur, dinosaur family
or other information about dinosaurs this so far is the only place I have
found on the web where every genus is covered with at least a short write-up
about the particular dinosaur. For those writing a report for school on
a particular dinosaur you need to check this site out first as a starting
point--no it will not give you all the info you need for a report but it
is a good summary! Authored and maintained by T. Michael Keesey.
- Palaeos
- Dinosauromorpha: The overall site is dedicated to providing
detailed information on the history of life on Earth. This link takes you
to the section on dinosaurs. You navigate to your area of interest by using
the cladograms as well as links in the text discussing major groups of dinosaurs
(and specific dinosaurs as you move through the pages). This particularl
cladistic organized web site really makes it informative as you navigate
to learn about your dinosaur of interest and how it fits in current phylogenetic
groups. It definately is worth including in my top links. There are also
many other links (to get you to other fossil groups) to the references current
to that page, pages on bone osteology, index, timeline and glossary as well.
Check it out, I am sure you will include it as one of your favorite reference
links for dinosaurs (as well as other areas of paleontology and life this
site covers).
-
Paul Serenoand Gabrielle Lyon have worked during last couple years to develop
a significant educational program to bring paleontology to students with
the Project Exploration
program. I think that the site for this program is a significant resource for children, families and educators and so I have
put the links for this program in my top-online sites section. It could
easily also go into the "for children" section. I have put links on my dinosaur
digs page because of the amount information one can learn from their sites
about current dinosaur field programs from planning all the way through
preparation, study and display. I recommend you put all these on your list
of hotlinks! NOTE To teachers, educators and students: Paul and his wife
Gabrielle Lyon have done a bang-up job in developing a significant educational
program to reach children (especially in the inner-city areas) in developing
Project Exploration . Because
of my own active involvement in educational outreach at the ISGS, I recommend
you check out the website of Project
Exploration.
- Project Exploration.
Paleontologist Paul Sereno and educator Gabrielle Lyon launched Project
Exploration as a proactive and creative way to:
- Reduce the distance between science and the public
- Involve students and teachers directly with scientists and their
research
- Provide innovative, hands-on experiences to city kids, and
- Inspire student populations that are underrepresented in paleontology
and the natural science professions.
- Paul Sereno's Dinosaur Web Site.
Learn about the activities, discoveries of the well-known Dinosaur Paleontologist
Paul Sereno, University of Chicago. Find out information about Paul's
life, ask him questions, learn about the dinosaurs he has been discovering
and much more.
- SuperCroc.
From the blistering sands of the Sahara, paleontologist Paul Sereno
has pulled an incredible find: the nearly complete remains of Sarcosuchus
imperator, one of the largest crocodilians to ever walk the Earth. As
long as a city bus, and weighing in at about ten tons, SuperCroc lives
up to its nickname. For even more info see the official
page on Supercroc by Paul.
- The
Tree of Life - Dinosauria. The Tree of Life is a collection of WWW pages
presenting information about the phylogenetic (or evolutionary) tree of
organisms, and the properties of various groups. By following up the branches
of the Tree, you can arrive at one of the many, many groups of organisms.
There you may find information about the group, either contained in a page
of the Tree of Life, or in Internet sites to which the page refers. Each
page concerns an evolutionary group of organisms, otherwise known as a clade.
At the top of the page is a toolbar, consisting of several buttons for Tree
navigation and several buttons that take you to various parts of the page.
Below the toolbar is the introductory section of the page, followed by the
phylogenetic tree or classification for the group of organisms. This phylogenetic
tree contains your means of navigation through the Tree of Life: it has
links to deeper parts of the Tree of Life (toward the root) and to finer
parts of the Tree (toward the tips). Below the tree may be various topics,
including an introduction to the group, characteristics of members of the
group, a discussion of phylogenetic relationships, other sources of information
about the group on the Internet, literature references, and so on. Finally,
at the bottom of the page, is another toolbar with buttons that take you
to various pages connected with the Tree of Life
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