Dr Susie Maidment using a bayonet to lift paper shale at the Sundance Formation

Dr Susie Maidment searching for fossils in Wyoming, USA

Dinosaurs

Would you make a good dinosaur hunter?

By Lisa Hendry

In 2019, a team of Museum palaeontologists went searching for fossils in Wyoming, USA.

Take our quiz to find out how well you'd get along on a dinosaur dig like this.

Discover dinosaurs

Find out what Museum scientists are revealing about how dinosaurs looked, lived and behaved.

Dinosaurs

Meet the Museum's dinosaur hunters

Get to know the Museum scientists working on the latest dinosaur discoveries.

Dinosaurs

How to find dinosaur fossils

Discover how palaeontologists find and dig up prehistoric reptiles.

Dinosaurs

How are dinosaur fossils formed?

Even though dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, we know about them thanks to fossils. Watch our animation to find out how dinosaur fossils formed.

Dinosaurs

Where did dinosaurs come from?

When did dinosaurs evolve, and what did the first dinosaurs look like?

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