Palaeopython, fossil snake, 15 inch PachycephalosaurusThe Messel Pit is a no longer used quarry near the village of Messel which is located about 35 km south east of Frankfurt, Germany. The quarry was used to mine bituminous shale. On December 9, 1995, the Messel Pit was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The Messel Pit has been known for its fossils since about 1900, but was not seriously excavated for scientific study until the 1970's. The Messel Pit was closed to collecting in 1974. Therefore
It has been suggested that this is a separate genus
Osteoderms are also found in the skin of crocodiles
A list of other Camarasaurus (Lyle) replica bones is available
Liopleurodon (pronounced LIE-oh-PLOOR-oh-don) (meaning "smooth-sided tooth") was the biggest plesiosaur
The skull is long with a narrow snout - much larger in relation to the length of the skull than in canine carnivores
6 inches long
Horodyskia was first found in the Ashburton region of Western Australia
which would be the only animal phylum to go completely extinct if it did really exist
three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs
This is confirmed by the gut contents
meaning �finger�
The hand is still quite different from other carnosaurs