FOSSILS SPECIMEN: ORNITHOPOD DINOSAURS
Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
Ornithopoda meaning “bird foot”, are a group of herbivous dinosaurs that first appear in the fosil record during the early Jurassic Period. Ornithopods disappear from the fossil record at the end of the Cretaceous period at the KPG (formerly KT) boundry, marking the beginning of the Cenozoic Era. To see my ornithopod models and toys click here.
Phylum: Chordata – Class: Reptilia – Clade: Archosaur – Clade: Dinosauria – Order: Ornithischia – Suborder: Ornithopoda “bird foot”
(bipedal herbivourous dinosaurs)
Lower Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous
Iguanodon Skull (Model)
Lower Cretaceous
Europe
Dinosaur: Hadrosaur Egg (Cast)
Upper Cretaceous
North America
Dinosaur: Hadrosaur Egg Shells
Upper Cretaceous
North America
Dinosaur: Hadrosaur
Lambeosaurus toe claw (cast)
Late Cretaceous
North America united States
Dinosaur Hadrosaurus
Edmontosaurus rib fragment
Late Cretaceous
Hell Creek Formation, Wyoming, United States
Dinosaur: Hadrosaur Upper Femur
Upper Cretaceous
United States, North America