The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature — both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the vaulted central hall.

Marsh named the following dinosaur genera: Allosaurus ( 1877 ), Ammosaurus ( 1890 ), Anchisaurus ( 1885 ), Apatosaurus ( 1877 ), Atlantosaurus ( 1877 ), Barosaurus ( 1890 ), Camptosaurus ( 1885 ), Ceratops ( 1888 ), Ceratosaurus ( 1884 ), Claosaurus ( 1890 ), Coelurus ( 1879 ), Creosaurus ( 1878 ), Diplodocus ( 1878 ), Diracodon ( 1881 ), Dryosaurus ( 1894 ), Dryptosaurus ( 1877 ), Labrosaurus ( 1896 ), Laosaurus ( 1878 ), Nanosaurus ( 1877 ), Nodosaurus ( 1889 ), Ornithomimus ( 1890 ), Pleurocoelus ( 1891 ), Priconodon ( 1888 ), Stegosaurus ( 1877 ), Torosaurus ( 1891 ), Triceratops ( 1889 ).

*" The Inhabitants ": A series of miniature stories about animals that supposedly lived near what would become Centennial, from the dinosaur Diplodocus to the arrival of man.

A large number of dinosaur species can be found here, including relatives of the Camarasaurus such as Diplodocus, Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus.

Barosaurus ; Greek barys / βαρυς meaning ' heavy ' and saurus / σαυρος meaning ' lizard ', ' heavy lizard ') was a giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur closely related to the more familiar Diplodocus.

Remains have been found in the Morrison Formation from the Upper Jurassic Period, along with five other sauropods: Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus and Haplocanthosaurus, as well as the predator Allosaurus and armored dinosaur Stegosaurus.

From the discovery of Diplodocus carnegii to the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex known to date to a brand new, yet-to-be-named species of oviraptorosaur, Carnegie Museum of Natural History has one of the finest dinosaur collections in the world.

Famous and irreplaceable exhibits, for instance the 25, 000-year-old Venus of Willendorf, and a skeleton of a Diplodocus dinosaur, plus extinct animal or plant specimens from 200 million years ago such as the Steller sea-cow, are displayed along 39 halls.

On the upper floor ( Hochparterre ) precious stones, minerals ( some with origin in old Renaissance collections ) and meteorites ( the largest display collection in the world ) can be seen, along with large dinosaur displays and rare fossils, and along with prehistoric art works: the Venus von Willendorf, the skeleton of Diplodocus, a giant topaz crystal weighing 117 kg ( 258 lb ), and the gemstone-and-diamond bouquet of flowers which Maria Theresia had made as a present for her husband.

Some of these footprints were attributed to the Diplodocus dinosaur and could be seen on the hogback west of Denver, Colorado as recently as the 1980s.

Diplodocus longus dinosaur model and columnar basalt in front of the Senckenberg Museum.

* A pack of Allosaurus or Megalosaurus can be seen with a carcass of an unknown herbivorous dinosaur ( possibly a Iguanodon or the missing Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus ).

The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur.

Unfortunately, this is the same iceberg that the mutant dinosaur Godzilla was trapped in by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces back in 1955, and the submarine is destroyed by the monster.

They removed the object for closer inspection, joking that it was a dinosaur egg.

During a train-ride through a flooded area where an entire tribe was said to have seen the dinosaur, the locomotive suddenly derailed and turned over.

Another mascot associated with the Vikings was " Vikadontis Rex ", a purple foam dinosaur.

Pteranodon was a reptile, but not a dinosaur.

Despite this association with the remains of a large carnivorous dinosaur, the vertebra shows no evidence that it was chewed on by the dinosaur.

As dinosaur discoveries multiplied, Velociraptor was later recognized as a dromaeosaurid.

Conybeare's presentation was made at the same meeting at which William Buckland described the dinosaur Megalosaurus and the combination created a sensation in scientific circles.

The ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and pterosaur she found, along with the first dinosaur fossils which were discovered by Gideon Mantell and William Buckland during the same period, showed that during previous eras the earth was inhabited by creatures very different from those living today, and provided important support for another controversial suggestion of Cuvier's: that there had been an " age of reptiles " when reptiles rather than mammals had been the dominant form of animal life.

* On October 28th, 2011 the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas announced it was naming a new species of the dinosaur genus Pachyrhinosaurus after the Perot family.

It was one of the last non-avian dinosaur genera to appear before the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event.

In August 2010, a life-size ( 52 ft high ) model of an ultrasaurus dinosaur was erected on the common in conjunction with the local Aspex gallery.

A new species of fish-eating dinosaur, Baryonyx walkeri was discovered in clay pits just south of Dorking.

One early example occurred in the American film The Beast from 20, 000 Fathoms, which was about a dinosaur that attacked a lighthouse.

O ' Brien and the dinosaur models he had created for the cancelled project were put to work on what was to become his most famous film, King Kong ( 1933 ).

O ' Brien and his wife developed Emilio and Guloso ( AKA: Valley of the Mist ), about a Mexican boy and his pet bull who save their town from a dinosaur called " Lagarto Grande ", which was optioned by producer Jesse Lasky, with O ' Brien and Harryhausen on board to do special effects, before falling through.

* Laelaps ( dinosaur ) The dinosaur Dryptosaurus was originally referred to by the name Laelaps until it was discovered that the mite ( above ) was named first.

He was turned into a humanoid dinosaur by a mad scientist named Dr. Fossil.

The similarity of these teeth to those of one of the first dinosaurs discovered led to the dinosaur being named Iguanodon, meaning " iguana-tooth ", and the incorrect assumption that it had resembled a gigantic iguana.

The dinosaur Hagryphus (" Ha's griffin ") was named after Ha ; it was discovered in Utah and Ha's association with " the Western Desert " was carried over to the New World.

Named in 1825 by English geologist Gideon Mantell, Iguanodon was the second type of dinosaur formally named, after Megalosaurus.

The dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti, has been named well over 20 times.

* Tarascosaurus, a dinosaur named after the Tarasque

Marsh initially named Theropoda as a suborder to include the family Allosauridae, but later expanded its scope, re-ranking it as an order to include a wide array of " carnivorous " dinosaur families, including Megalosauridae, Compsognathidae, Ornithomimidae, Plateosauridae and Anchisauridae ( now known to be herbivorous prosauropods ) and Hallopodidae ( now known to be relatives of crocodilians ).

He also named a new genus of dinosaur called Hylaeosaurus and as a result became an authority on prehistoric reptiles.

In 2006 a dinosaur species discovered there, was named after the park: Theiophytalia kerri.

The dinosaur Othnielia was named in 1977 by P. Galton as a tribute to Marsh, as was Marshosaurus bicentesmus ( Madsen, 1976 ).

Dr William Buckland DD FRS ( 12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856 ) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster, and a geologist and palaeontologist, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus.

* Dilong ( dinosaur ), named from Chinese dìlóng 帝龍 " emperor dragon "

The salamander Dicamptodon copei ( Nussbaum, 1970 ), the dinosaur Drinker nisti ( Bakker et al., 1990 ), the lizard Gambelia wislizenii copeii ( H. C. Yarrow, and the Splash tetra Copella arnoldi ( Regan, 1912 ) are among the many species named for Cope.

An interest in paleontology led him to purchase a fossil dinosaur skull from the Gobi desert, which was named after him as Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani in 2009.

It is significant as the first genus of dinosaur ( outside of birds ) to be described and named.

The first, in the original cartoon, was the Neutrino girl, Kala ; his second was Horridus (" Sara ") in the Image comic series ; and his third was an alien humanoid dinosaur princess ( known as a " Regenta ") named Seri, in Volume 4 of the comics.

The dinosaur Emausaurus was named after the acronym of the university ( Erndt-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald ) in 1990.

A Paku named Stink and a baby dinosaur named Tasha were befriended by the Porters.

Mount Kirkpatrick holds the first dinosaur scientifically named on the continent: the large predatory Cryolophosaurus.

Another diplodocid dinosaur found near the original Supersaurus quarry, known from a backbone ( dorsal vertebra type specimen BYU 5750 ), was named Dystylosaurus edwini and is now also considered to be a specimen of Supersaurus vivianae.