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Discovering Dinosaurs

Explore a selection of dinosaur fossils and related artifacts in the National Museum of Natural History's collections. Learn the story of O.C. Marsh and how his unquenchable thirst for fossils delivered so many ancient animals to the halls of the Natural History Museum in the "The Dinosaur War" episode of the Smithsonian Sidedoor podcast.


Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Bagaceratops sp

Psittacosaurus sp

Compsognathus longipes Wagner, 1861

Plateosaurus longiceps Jaekel, 1913

3d model of Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops

Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Agathaumas milo Cope, 1874

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Camarasaurus lentus Marsh, 1889

3d model of Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Triceratops horridus Marsh, 1889

Triceratops sulcatus Marsh, 1890

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Dinosaur Track

Camptosaurus dispar Marsh, 1879

Camptosaurus dispar Marsh, 1879

Ceratosaurus nasicornis Marsh, 1884

Camptosaurus dispar Marsh, 1879

Priconodon crassus Marsh, 1888

Edmontosaurus annectens (Marsh, 1892)

Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887

Triceratops calicornis Marsh, 1898

Triceratops obtusus Marsh, 1898

Stegosaurus sulcatus Marsh, 1887

Camptosaurus nanus Marsh, 1894

Astrodon nanus (Marsh, 1888)

Edmontosaurus annectens (Marsh, 1892)

Diplodocus hallorum (Gillette, 1991)

Nedoceratops hatcheri (Lull, 1905)

Camptosaurus browni Gilmore, 1909

Astrodon nanus (Marsh, 1888)


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