Fossil clues

What kinds of dinosaur fossils have been found?

Close-up of sliced dinosaur bone

Amber

Ancient fossil AMBER such as that used in the fictional stories Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park: The Lost World to reproduce dinosaurs from dinosaur blood DNA found in a trapped mosquito. The process is pure science fiction.

• Bones
  
• Teeth
  
• Claws
  
• Spikes
  
• Horns
  
• Bony plates
  
• Eggs, sometimes with unborn babies
  
• “Gizzard” stones (gastroliths)
  
• Dung (coprolite)
  
• Footprints
  
• Imprints of skin (very rare)
• Stomach contents (very rare)

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