"Did you know that the birds in your back yard are related to dinosaurs and that Velociraptors were covered with feathers? New dinosaur discoveries are changing the way we think about the prehistoric world. Come with us on a Mesozoic journey." Follow the links below to play games and print out great dinosaur pictures.

The Tale of a Tail - Dot-to-Dot

Coloring Pages
What colors were dinosaurs? Paleontologists have found fossil dinosaur skin, but the colors have long since faded away. To get clues to their colors and patterns, look at related animals like modern birds and reptiles, then imagine how they may have looked. Want to color your own dinosaurs? – Click on one of these exciting pictures and down-load.

Rhamphorynchus was a flying reptile that lived during the Jurassic period.

It was a skillful flyer and predator, using its long, pointed teeth for catching fish. 

Some Rhamphorynchus fossils show the remains of fishes in their stomachs.  Many of their skeletons have been discovered in the limestone quarries of Bavaria, Germany.

Bollinger County Museum of Natural History
207 Mayfield Drive • Marble Hill, Missouri 63764 • 573.238.1174