Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

Dinosaur and other prehistoric animals' fossilized skeletons in museums: tyranosaurus rex, saber-tooth tiger, giant sloth, prehistoric horses, camels, rhinos, diplodicus, carnotaurus, archosaur, mastodon, allosaurus, stegosaurus, ankylosaur, dorudon, dolphin, brontops, comptosaurus, mamenchisaurus, dimetrodon, eryops, pteranodon, sea turtle protostega, hydrosaur, duckbilled

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Kronosaurus queenslandicus, cretaceous period, Queensland, Australia. Kronosaurus was a pliosaur (short-necked plesiosaur) and largest of group. This skeleton, 42 ft long is most complete known, discovered in massive blocks of Cretaceous age limestone (135 million years old) in Queensland, Australia. Portions of skull, backbone, paddles had weathered away, but enough remained that missing pieces could be restored. Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June, 2007.

Kronosaurus queenslandicus cretaceous pliosaur short necked plesiosaur cronosaurus skeleton fossil Queensland Australia Harvard Museum Natural History Cambridge Massachusetts 2007.kronosaurus 6582