Fossil Amphibian and Reptile Collections

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Articles and videos

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New Specimens Of A 240-Million-Year-Old Chinese "Dragon"

A fossil of a Sclerocormus parviceps, a sea-dwelling reptile, shown with a ruler to show scale.

Sea-dwelling Reptile Fossil Hints At Rapid Evolution After Mass Extinction

Exhibit Halls

Pokemon Fossil Museum

Pokémon Fossil Museum

People

Arjan Mann standing in front of a red rock wall

Arjan Mann

A woman sitting at a table looks up at an overhead camera. On the table are several dinosaur fossils, one that the woman is comparing her arm size to.

Jingmai O'Connor

Press Releases

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Fossilized babies of ancient crocodile-like predators uproot scientists’ understanding of how animals adapted to the land

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New species of dinosaur, a cousin of Velociraptor, probably glided on four “wings” and hunted early birds

Related Areas

Collage of PR 1634, Whatcheeria deltae & PR 2081, Tyrannosaurus

Fossil Amphibians and Reptiles

Events

Young visitors and a museum educator examine a teaching specimen together in the Grainger Science Hub

Meet Jeanerpeton: The Amphibian Ancestor from Illinois