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DinoDictionary.com 
With profiles of over 300 known dinosaurs, immerse yourself in a wealth
of knowledge about the giants that roamed the earth so long ago.
Dinosaurs!
A collection of information and activities from Scholastic.
Dinosaurs:
A Timeline
A timeline using data from The
Natural History Museum, Dino Directory.
Zoom
Dinosaurs 
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs.
It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension.
It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic
level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information
as desired, simply by clicking on links.
INTERMEDIATE
About.com:
Dinosaurs
A subsite of About.com.
Age
of the dinosaurs
Information that arose out of Walking with Dinosaurs and subsequent
dinosaur programs by the BBC.
Coelophysis:
New Mexico's State Fossil 
Explore this site for information, pictures, and articles about
the dinosaur Coelophysis, the official State Fossil of New
Mexico.
Curse
of T. Rex 
Companion Web site to the NOVA program "Curse of T. Rex,"
originally broadcast on February 25, 1997. This program follows the
trail of legal and illegal fossil-dealing as the FBI tries to protect
the best Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found from winding up on the
shelves of a souvenir shop.
Dann's
Dinosaurs
A site dedicated to Australian dinosaurs.
Dilophosaurus!
A guided tour about Dilophosaurus. This tour is narrated by
the discoverer of Dilophosaurus, the late Sam Welles, formerly
a professor at the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
Dinobase:
University of Bristol's Online Dinosaur Database
Apart from the comprehensive DinoBase there are forums, news, controversies
and picture galleries.
DinoBuzz:
Current Topics Concerning Dinosaurs
To be truthful, the unfortunate fact about the popularity of dinosaurs
is that the science that it is based on occasionally is obscured by
the fantasy that surrounds it.
DinoData
Among the most comprehensive dinosaur resources on the web.
Dinosaur
Footprints and Trackways from the Northeastern U.S.
Provides details of footprints from the Triassic and Jurassic periods
of the northeastern United States. Information includes photographs
of footprints, along with information on stratigraphic horizon and correlation,
age, and taxonomy.
Dinosaur
National Monument
A This media-rich online exhibit giving an intimate look at the remarkable
fossils of Dinosaur National Monument.
The
Dinosaur FAQ
This collection of documents answers frequently asked questions about
dinosaurs, and in doing so seeks to present a digestible tutorial on
scientific background concepts such as taxonomy, phylogeny and anatomy.
Dinosaur
History
Over the millennia, many people have made important contributions to
our current understanding of dinosaurs. This site contains capsule descriptions
of some major advances and short accounts of how they were made and
of those who made them.
The
Dinosauria
General theory about dinosaurs by the University of California Museum
of Paleontology.
Dinosauria
On-line
Dinosauria On-Line is meant for the serious enthusiast and rank amateur
alike. Discussions are both technical and at a level at which those
without formal education in paleontology can understand and enjoy. Includes
the Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide.
Dinosaur
Institute
At the National History Museum of Los Angeles. Well presented and illustrated
overview.
Dinosaurium
A collection of pages related to major dinosaur groups.
Dinosaurs:
Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
Take a journey of discovery into the exciting world of modern paleontology.
New dinosaur fossils are being discovered faster than ever before. Advanced
technology allows scientists to look at these fossils in fresh ways.
And researchers are gaining surprising insights into these amazing animals.
New discoveries, new technology and new ideas are helping today's scientists
piece together what these living, breathing dinosaurs were really like.
Dinosaurs:
Fact and Fiction
A series of pages that deals with answers to some frequently asked questions
about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived
popular misconceptions.
Dinosaurs in the Deep: SS
Mount Temple Story
In 1916, Charles H. Sternberg collected dinosaur fossils in the badlands
of Alberta, Canada. At the end of the field season the specimens were
shipped to the British Museum of Natural History in London, England.
The Canadian Pacific Railway steamship Mount Temple, carrying the specimens
sank on December 6, in the North Atlantic. This site is dedicated to
research, exploration and possible recovery of the Dinosaurs in the
Deep.
"Dinosaurs
of Late Cretaceous Alaska" Panorama
Explore the dinosaurs of Alaska through an illustrated page hosted by
the Alaska Museum of Natural History.
Dino
Russ's Lair 
This use to be a portal site to dinosaur and vertebrate paleontology information by
Russell Jacobson. Recently however the domain seems to have been acquired by others and as a consequence the content is very different and so far nowhere near as useful.
DinoWight:
The Dinosaurs of Isle of Wight
This internet resource is for everybody with an interest in the spectacular
creatures that roamed the Isle of Wight over 100 million years ago.
Here you will find up-to-date scientific details on all the dinosaurs
on the island, places to visit and information for all fossil hunters
planning to visit the island.
Discovering
Dinosaurs
Beautifully illustrated with animations, artwork, and archive photography,
Discovering Dinosaurs traces dinosaur hunters and their discoveries
across four main themes.
The
Discovery Channel: Dinosaur Guide
The content of this site is drawn from Discovery Channel documentaries.
Discussions
by Yann Oliver
Summaries about modern topics in dinosaur paleontology.
Find
the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton: Hadrosaurus foulkii
Very comprehensive site.
Giants:
African Dinosaurs
Web site of an exhibition featuring giant theropods of Africa by Project
Exploration.
Guardian:
Dinosaurs
A portal page to content from the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
A
History of Dinosaur Hunting and Reconstruction
A small site related to the very early days of dinosaur discovery.
History
of life through time
This exhibit provides a survey of that biodiversity through time, focusing
on major lineages of organisms. Many of these lineages have gone extinct
or currently exist at a much lower diversity than in the past, so there
may be large exhibits on groups of organisms that are unfamiliar to
you. They are featured because they play an important role in the history
of life on Earth.
Ichthyosaurus page
Has not been updated for some time but still containing valuable information.
Logical
Inconsistencies Regarding Dinosaurs
A number of commonly accepted beliefs about large dinosaurs are
not compatible with scientific laws. For example, sauropods grazing
from the tops of trees are physiologically impossible, for blood flow
reasons. (A heart made of biological cellular materials cannot pump
blood more than about seven feet above itself, or bring blood back from
feet lower than about seven feet below itself).
LiveScience.com:
All About Dinosaurs
Learn about dinosaurs and stay updated on the latest dinosaur news with
the comprehensive articles, interactive features and dinosaur pictures.
Mahalo:
Dinosaurs
A page of information and links created by human editors.
National
Geographic: Prehistoric World
An webzine of online versions of its magazine content.
The
Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs and other extinct creatures
Includes the Dino Directory, a guide to 325 of the most well-described
dinosaurs, including 1294 images.
New Scientist:
Special Report on Dinosaurs
A portal to New Scientist's dinosaur content centered around it's articles.
Oceans
of Kansas
Not dinosaurs (Mesozoic marine reptiles) but included here because of
its completeness and quality. Authored by Mike Everhart, Adjunct Curator
of Paleontology at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays,
Kansas.
Online Dinosaurtrack
Museum
A photographic catalogue of the next largest known collection is only
30 footprints and is owned by a museum.
Palaeocritti - a guide to prehistoric animals
Palaeocritti allows you to look up prehistoric critters by group, period, name or location.
The
Paleontology Portal
This excellent site is a resource for anyone interested in paleontology
of particularly North America, from the professional in the lab to the
interested amateur scouting for fossils to the student in any classroom.
They have gathered many different resources into this single entry "portal"
to paleontological information on the Internet.
Past
lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology
Accounts, stories and anecdotes about the people who collected or
studied specific Canadian fossils.
Paul
Sereno: Paleontologist
Plenty of information about Dr. Sereno's numerous discoveries and links
his Project Exploration.
Pawpawsaurus
A site dedicated to this nodosaurid.
Prehistoric
Fiction
A very comprehensive site that focusses on novels set in prehistoric
times, or in which the principal characters are members of a prehistoric
society.
Prehistoric
Planet
A nicely presented site but rather light on content.
Prehistoric World
National Geographic's portal to all their prehistoric content.
Project
Exploration
A site showcasing Project Exploration, a nonprofit science education
organization that makes science accessible to the public—especially
minority youth and girls—through personalized experiences with
scientists and science. Offers significant information about the discoveries
of a team lead by Dr. Paul Sereno.
The
Project Gutenberg eBook, Dinosaurs, by William Diller Matthew
An online version of the book "Dinosaurs" published by the
American Museum of Natural History in 1915. Included here for historical
interest.
Red
Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
This webpage contains information on on the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite,
a locality in north-central Wyoming that contains over 1000 tracks of
a bipedal, medium-sized dinosaur.
Return
to the Gobi
A record of the joint Mongolian Academy of Sciences and The American
Museum of Natural History's 2001 expedition to the Gobi Desert.
The
Russian Dinosaur Exposition
The largest traveling dinosaur exposition in the world! It is composed
of 66 specimens of which 33 are complete skeletons. This exhibit comes
from the scientific collection of the Paleontological Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Smithsonian:
The Department of Paleobiology
Including sections on Dinosaurs, Geologic Time, Paleo Art and Life
of a Vertebrate Fossil.
The
Speculative Dinosaur Project
One answer to the question "What would the world look like now
if Chicxulub bolide had not struck?"
Strange
Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology
Ever wonder how people figured out there used to be such things
as dinosaurs? Curious about how scientists learned to reconstruct fossil
skeletons? The knowledge we take for granted today was slow in coming,
and along the way, scientists and scholars had some weird ideas. This
Web site shows some of their mistakes, provides a timeline of events,
gives biographies of a few of the people who have gotten us where we
are today, and lists resources you can use to learn more.
Sue
at the Field Museum
The largest, most complete, best preserved T. rex.
Tree
of Life: Dinosauria
Phylogenetic information about the Dinosauria. Very nice site that seems to have been at a standstill for some time.
Understanding
Evolution
Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education website, teaching
the science and history of evolutionary biology. This site is here to
help you understand what evolution is, how it works, how it factors
into your life, how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and
how ideas in this area have changed over time.
UK
dinosaurs and the history of our planet
A reference for the basics on many dinosaur subjects and also includes
British dinosaur genera.
Walking
with Dinosaurs
Includes detailed profiles of the dinosaurs in the Walking with
Dinosaurs programs and its sequels.
Wikipedia:
Dinosaur
As anyone reading this is probably aware, Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project.
This is a comprehensive article with many hyperlinks to related articles.
