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Jurassic Giants
Size, Teeth, Armor and Survival
14 SPECIMENS ·
9 INTERPRETIVE THREADS
Size, Teeth, Armor and Survival.
Interpretive threads: From Hatchling to Humongous · Clues to Dinosaur Reproduction · Making Eggs from Mother's Bones · Eggs and Babies · On the Defensive · On the Offensive · Adapting to Aquatic Life · Big Bodies Pose Big Challenges · Putting Together the Puzzle of Stegosaurus
INTERPRETIVE THREADS
SPECIMENS & EVIDENCE
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Stegosaur, plated dinosaur — Stegosaurus stenops
Late Jurassic — Kimmeridgian · Approximately 152 million years ago in the Smithsonian Deep Time interpretation.
composite cast
comparative_taxon_visual
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Stegosaur type specimen — Stegosaurus stenops
Late Jurassic — Kimmeridgian · Approximately 152 million years old.
type specimen
comparative_taxon_visual
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Theropod dinosaur — Allosaurus fragilis
Late Jurassic — Kimmeridgian · Approximately 152 million years ago in the Smithsonian Deep Time interpretation.
skeletal fossil
comparative_exact_taxon_visual
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Juvenile ornithopod dinosaur — Camptosaurus dispar
Late Jurassic — Kimmeridgian · Late Jurassic.
composite cast
comparative_taxon_visual
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Sauropod dinosaur — Brachiosaurus altithorax
Late Jurassic · Late Jurassic.
arm bone
comparative_taxon_visual
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Sauropod — Camarasaurus lentus
Late Jurassic — Tithonian · Late Jurassic.
skulls
comparative_taxon_visual
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Pterosaur flying reptile — Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Late Jurassic · Approximately 153 to 151 million years ago in the Smithsonian Deep Time interpretation.
skeleton with wing membranes
comparative_taxon_visual
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Marine crocodile relative — Steneosaurus bollensis
Early Jurassic — Toarcian · Approximately 183 to 181 million years ago for the classic lower-Toarcian Posidonia Shale material.
body fossil
comparative_taxon_visual
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Ichthyosaur marine reptile — Stenopterygius quadriscissus
Early Jurassic — Toarcian · Early Toarcian.
body fossil
comparative_taxon_visual
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Sauropod dinosaur — Diplodocus hallorum
Late Jurassic — Tithonian · Late Jurassic.
composite
Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.
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Sauropod dinosaur — Diplodocus hallorum
Late Jurassic — Tithonian · Late Jurassic.
composite
Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.
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Ichthyosaur marine reptile — Ichthyosaurus ?conybeari
Early Jurassic · Early Jurassic.
complete skeleton in matrix
Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.
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Ornithopod dinosaur — Iguanodontia indet.
Mesozoic — exact age not yet established from the verified specimen-level source set · Exact age of this individual display footprint remains unassigned until its catalog record is positively linked.
footprint
Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.
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Ornithopod dinosaur — Ornithopoda indet.
Mesozoic — exact age not yet established from the verified specimen-level source set · Exact age of the individual display specimen remains unassigned pending specimen-level catalog confirmation.
skin impression
Representative evidence-type visual; not the exact specimen.