Velociraptor 3D Skull, life size Dilophosaurus This specimen of Syphocrinites elegans

This specimen of Syphocrinites elegans is nicely contrasted in black against the red colored matrix

these creatures are not related to hyenas

It was a theropod that lived in what is now the western United States

Some grew to over 100 feet long and weighted 50 or more tons

cephalopods (ammonites & Orthoceras)

Velociraptor 3D Skull, life size Dilophosaurus This specimen of Syphocrinites elegansVelociraptor was the smallest of the raptors (the movie Jurassic Park actually featured the larger raptor Utahraptor but called them Velociraptors). However, Velociraptor was no less fierce. Scientists believe all raptors may have hunted in packs, making any attack an encounter with death. Paleontologists have recently discovered several feathered dinosaurs in China. These small dinosaurs are believed to be the ancestors of birds and are probably