Velociraptor Skull, life size sculpture, Cretaceous Pachycephalosaurus Spathian Stage

Spathian Stage

As titanosaurs go

Stylemys was common in the prehistoric Badlands of South Dakota and Nebraska

Ichthyosaur infants were born tail-first

Early Miocene of East Africa

Velociraptor Skull, life size sculpture, Cretaceous Pachycephalosaurus Spathian StageVelociraptor was the smallest of the raptors (the movie Jurassic Park actually featured the larger raptor Utahraptor but called them Velociraptors). However, Velociraptor was no less fierce. Scientists believe all raptors may have hunted in packs, making any attack an encounter with death. Paleontologists have recently discovered several feathered dinosaurs in China. These small dinosaurs are believed to be the ancestors of birds and are probably