Dinosaurs

This nonprofit is excavating dinosaurs in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota.

An article in GSA Today surveys the new set of "heretic" scientists who haven't jumped on the endotherm bandwagon (PDF).

A great hyperlinked resource from Zoom Dinosaurs, for smart people of all ages and a superb browse.

Pictures and information of the horned dinosaurs in this exhibit from the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.

A large, authoritative site at the University of Bristol. The many pictures by John Sibbick, especially, are a standout.

Probably the biggest and best single dinosaur site on the Web, with pages for all aspects of these wonderful beasts.

This worthy collection of tidbits by Arts & Letters Corporation includes a dictionary with pronunciation, short articles, teacher help, and a big linklist plus lots of dinosaur images.

A set of pages from the Natural History Museum of London.

Home page for the dinosaur fossils on show at this arm of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.

They look like actual photographs of dinosaurs standing in the woods, 27 different ones.

This large site at the University of California Museum of Paleontology goes into lots of detail. Highly recommended.

Part of the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum covering dinosaurs and related animals.

Dinosaurs of the British Isles, including historic specimens, at this Glasgow museum site.

An online pamphlet from the U.S. Geological Survey with much sound introductory info.

An introduction to the rich fossils of this state from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.

The University of California Museum of Paleontology explains how we know how fast they could move.

Hundreds of footprints (the official state fossil) and other wonders are preserved here under a large dome.

It was 1858 when the first complete dinosaur skeleton was found, in New Jersey. Read the whole story here.

Part of the long-dormant Natural Canvas site, this clickable skeleton is still better than anything else out there.

The first big product of Project Exploration, a Chicago-based educational nonprofit founded by paleontologist Paul Sereno. Jobaria is an enormous African dinosaur.

In February 2000 Dr. Sheldon Johnson was leveling his land in St. George, Utah, when he discovered a field full of Jurassic tracks. The site is being preserved with public and private funds. The dinotrax.com site comes and goes, so this link goes to a city page instead.

An exhibit at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.

Oceans of Kansas is dedicated to mosasaurs, the marine reptiles that shared the world with the dinosaurs. Authoritative and personal, this site is what the Web is all about.

The group including ankylosaurs, stegosaurs, ceratopsians and many more, from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

Unique among dinosaur sites, this species is presented by its very discoverer.

One of the great dinosaur tribes, including Velociraptor and Apatosaurus, from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

The most famous Tyrannosaurus rex of them all is treated in detail by the Field Museum of Chicago. Plenty of fun and learning for kids and adults.

Rex and its dinosaur cousins are all linked from this page at the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

An exhibit from the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.

This little institute in Thermopolis, Wyoming, has a bunch of skeletons on display. Even better, you can dig dinosaur fossils yourself.

A comprehensive online textbook for students of all ages and an amazing resource.