Types of Dinosaurs - American Museum of Natural History
What Is a Dinosaur? Dinosaurs are prehistoric reptiles that have lived on Earth from about 245 million years ago to the present. Modern birds are one kind of dinosaur because they share a common ancestor with non-avian dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs - American Museum of Natural History
Article Types of Dinosaurs Learn how many species have been discovered, and see photos and information about over 40 types of dinosaurs. Article Dinosaur Bones Discover what scientists can learn by studying fossils and how these fossils are stored in the Museum’s collections.
Dinosaur Facts - American Museum of Natural History
Article Types of Dinosaurs Learn how many species have been discovered, and see photos and information about over 40 types of dinosaurs. Article Dinosaur Bones Discover what scientists can learn by studying fossils and how these fossils are stored in the Museum’s collections.
Dinosaur Eggs - American Museum of Natural History
Article Dinosaur Nests, Eggs, and Babies Some ancient dinosaurs made nests, laid eggs, and tended to their babies—just like today’s birds and crocodiles. Article Sauropod Dinosaur Babies All dinosaurs reproduced by laying eggs, just as living birds and many modern reptiles do.
Dinosaur Naming Conventions - American Museum of Natural …
Other dinosaur names might honor a person or denote where the fossil remains were discovered. In 1841, Richard Owen, the first director of London’s Natural History Museum, gave the name dinosaurs to these giant prehistoric reptiles. The word dinosaur is from the Greek deinos (terrible) and sauros (lizard). Some dinosaur names are short ...
T. rex, Triceratops, Titanosaur–What's the Difference? | AMNH
[Side-by-side footage shows the femurs of a dinosaur and a non-dinosaur reptile. A line traces the curves of each, with the dinosaur femur jutting out in a traditional “ball-and-socket” type joint, whereas the reptile femur only juts out a little and is much more smooth.]
Dinosaur Bones - American Museum of Natural History
Fossils are excavated from many environments, including ancient riverbeds and lakes, caves, volcanic ash falls, and tar pits. Fossils are classified as either body fossils or trace fossils. Body fossils were parts of the organism, such as bones or teeth. Trace fossils are all other types of fossils, including foot impressions, burrows, and dung.
Dinosaurs: Activities and Lesson Plans - American Museum of …
Educator Materials Dinosaur Teeth When it comes to dinosaurs, teeth are the windows to these prehistoric reptiles' stomachs—and the different foods that filled them.... Educator Materials Dinosaur Name Game for Students In this activity, students will use a key of Greek and Latin root words to decipher dinosaur names. Then—using their ...
Dinosaur Teeth - AMNH
In the Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, robotic dinosaur skulls demonstrate how the various dental adaptations of plant-eating dinosaurs worked. They show how as teeth wore down, new teeth grew to replace them. Paleontologists can tell a lot from the size of a dinosaur’s skull and from the teeth in it.
Dinosaur Exhibits | American Museum of Natural History
The fourth floor halls of the Museum feature approximately 100 dinosaur specimens, a tiny fraction of the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. The Titanosaur grazes the Wallach Orientation Center's approximately 19-foot-high ceilings, and, at 122 feet, is just a bit too long for its new home.