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Hall of Paleontology

Paleontology comes from the French paléontologie, from palé- pale- + Greek onta existing things (from neuter plural of ont-, On, present participle of einai to be) + French -logie -logy. The word dinosaur comes from the Greek words "deinos" meaning terrible and "sauros" meaning lizard. The dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic Period about 220 million years ago. They disappeared during the Cretaceous period about 66.4 million years ago.



Apatosaurus

Paleontologist

Paleontologist

Roy Chapman Andrews

Barnum Brown

Edward Drinker Cope

Louis Dollo

Gideon Mantell

Othniel Charles Marsh

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Sir Richard Owen

Harry Seeley




Dinosaurs

Dinosaur

Apatosaurus

Acanthopholis

Acrocanthosaurus

Afrovenator

Albertosaurus

Allosaurus

Allosaurus

Alxasaurus

Amargasaurus

Anatosaurus

Anatotitan

Ankylosauria

Ankylosaurus

Apatosaurus

Archaeopteryx

Argentinosaurus

Avimimus

Barosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Brachyceratops

Brontosaurs

Camarasaurus

Camptosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus

Carnotosaurus

Caudipteryx

Centrosaurus

Ceratopsia

Ceratosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Coelophysis

Compsognathus

Corythosaurus

Cryolophosaurus

Cryptoclidus

Deinonychus

Dicraesaurus.Com

Dilophosaurus

Dimetrodon

Dimetrodon

Dinosauria

Dinosaur Bone

Dinosaur Bones

Dinosaur Claw

Dinosaur Claws

Dinosaur Egg

Dinosaur Extinction

Dinosaur Footprints

Dinosaur Mail

Dinosaur Mail

Dinosaur Teeth

Dinosaur Tooth

Dinosaur Tracks

Dromaeosaurus

Dromiceiomimus

Dryptosaur

Edmontosaurus

Edmontonia

Elasmosaurus

Gallimimus

Giganotosaurus

Gorgosaurus

Hadrosaurus

Hesperornis

Heterodontosaurus

Hylaeosaurus

Ichthyosaur

Laelaps

Lambeosaurus

Lystrosaurus

Maiasaura

Mamenchisaurus

Monoclonius

Mononykus

Mosasaur

Mosasaurs

Muttaburrasaurus

Ornithischia

Ornithopoda

Orodromeus

Oviraptor

Pachycephalosauria

Paleosaur

Paleosaur

Paleosaur

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus

Plesiosaurus

Patagosaurus

Pleurocoelus

Pliosaur

Prosaurolophus

Protoavis

Pteradactyl

Pteranodon

Quetzalcoatlus

Raptor Claw

Raptor Claw

Raptor Claw

Rhamphorhynchus

Saurischia

Saurophaganax

Sauropoda

Seismosaurus

Sinosauropteryx

Spinosaurus

Stegoceras

Stegosauria

Stegosaurusstenops

Struthiomimus

Stygimoloch

Styracosaurus

Suchomimus

Supersaurus

Tenontosaurus

Theropoda

Thescelosaurusneglectus

Titanosaurus

Triceratops

Triceratopshorridus

Troodon

Tropeognathus

Tugulusaurus

Tylosaurus

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Ultrasaurus

Utahraptor

Valdoraptor

Velociraptor Mongoliensis

Velociraptors

Xiaosaurus

Xiphactinus

Xiphactinus

Xuanhanosaurus

Yunnanosaurus

Zephyrosaurus



Paleontology

Carnivorous

Cenozoic Era

Chicxulub

Coprolites

Cretaceous

Cretaceous

Cretaceous Extinction

Cretaceous Period

Cretaceous Period

Gastroliths

Hell Creek Formation

Judith River Formation

Jurassic Period

Jurassic Period

Kt Boundary

Lance Formation

Mammoth Tusk

Mass Extinction

Mesozoic

Mesozoic Era

Morrison Formation

Paleozoic Era

Pre-Cambrianera

Scrotum Humanum

Triassic Period

Triassic Period

Triassic Period

Triassic Period


White River Formation

Vertebrate Paleontology

Invertebrate Paleontology

Eoraptor


 

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