Dinosaurs! (major DUW)

[StudentoReptile]

I'm a big dinosaur nut...that pretty much sums up this thread. Enjoy the pics!
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Orlando Science Center in downtown Orlando, Florida


Mososaur skeletons. Mosasaurs are one of my favorite prehistoric reptiles. These things must have been super BAs of their day.

Platecarpus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/platecarpus.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/platecarpus_skull.jpg

Tylosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/tylosaurus1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/tylosaurus2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/tylosaurus_skull.jpg

another species of smaller mosasaur
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/mosasaur.jpg

Tyrannosaurus rex
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/Rex_skull.jpg

Pachycephalosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/pachy_skeleton.jpg

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Not exactly a herp, but still cool...Xiphanctinus, the prehistoric tarpon from hades!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/xiphanctinus.jpg

This place also had a really cool bayou exhibit that featured aquatic turtles and juvenile alligators.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/Bayou_exhibit.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/gator_turtle.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Orlando%20Museum/turtles.jpg

[StudentoReptile]

Dinowalk Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN. Kinda pricey to get in, but we were on our honeymoon and had some extra cash to blow. Most of the dinosaurs were pretty close to life-sized and fairly anatomically-accurate, although one might debate the absence of feathers on some.
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Sarcosuchus, giant prehistoric crocodile with a skull almost the size of a Camaro
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0563.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0557.jpg

Deinonychus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0559.jpg

Coelophysis
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0560.jpg

Velociraptors attacking an Oviraptor
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0561.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0562.jpg

Tyrannosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0566.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0565.jpg

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Dimetrodon (Wouldn't one of these be cool to keep?)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0569.jpg

Allosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0571.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0570.jpg

compsognathid
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0572.jpg

head of Apatosaurus (the entire model took up almost the length of the building)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0573.jpg

forgot what these were. Troodon, perhaps?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0574.jpg

Protoceratops
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0575.jpg

Microceratops?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0576.jpg

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some type of oviraptor
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0577.jpg

Dilophosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0579.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0578.jpg

dromeasaur
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0580.jpg

Scutellosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0581.jpg

Ornitholestes
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0584.jpg

Herrerasaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0585.jpg

Parasaurolophus (Who remembers having trouble pronouncing that one as a kid?)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0586.jpg

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another dromeasaur
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0588.jpg

Ornithocheirus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0589.jpg

Styracosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0590.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0592.jpg

mosasaur
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0593.jpg

Albertosaurus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0596.jpg

Dimorphodon
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0598.jpg

Postosuchus
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/RainforestAdv/Ripleys%20Aquarium/Clingmans%20Dome/Dinosaur%20Museum/IMG_0599.jpg

[DeesBalls]

just awesome!!! i freaking love dinosaurs! they are what started my reptile craze.

[Lankyrob]

Man my daughter would LOVE that place (and me too :)) we love dino's in this house :)

[alessia55]

Those are AWESOME! No Triceratops though?? Triceratops is definitely my favorite dinosaur :D The Styracosaurus is close enough ;) Thanks for sharing those pics!!!!!

[Pareeeee]

Very cool! I also love dinosaurs. I agree that some should have feathers...Oviraptor for instance?

I've been to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta. It was amazing, I should post pics sometime.

My favourite dinosaurs are the raptors including Velociraptor and Deinonychus.
My favourite prehistoric fish is dinichthys (look it up. It's a scary looking critter!)

Did you hear about Triceratops and Torosaurus? Apparently scientists are saying that they may be the same dinosaur...Triceratops being the juvenile. Would explain why no juvenile Torosaurus' have been found.

[Kaetlinv]

I have a personal admiration and adoration of the postosuchus. :) walking with dinosaurs from bbc....did a lengthy segment on a female one. Beautiful creatures!