The Dino Pit Fossils

The fossils in the Dino Pit are reproductions of actual specimens found in Texas by scientists and students at The University of Texas at Austin´s Texas Natural Science Center. They were reproduced by the staff of the Center´s Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory. The links below give more information about each specimen.
Late Pleistocene Fossils (500,000-10,000 years before the present)

*Mammut americanum* American Mastodon	*Homotherium serum* Scimitar-toothed Cat	Mammuthus sp. 301 Congress Mammoth	Geochelone sp. Giant Tortoise
Early Tertiary Fossil (35 million years before the present)

Rooneyia viejaensis Early Primate
Cretaceous Terrestrial Fossils (65 million years before the present)

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Giant Sauropod Dinosaur	*Quetzalcoatlus northropi* The Texas Pterosaur	Tyrannosaurus rex Giant Theropod Dinosaur
Cretaceous Marine Fossils (85-70 million years before the present)

Mosasaurus maximus The Onion Creek Mosasaur	Polyptychodon sp. The Shoal Creek Plesiosaur	Osteopygis sp. The Zilker Park Turtle	*Crateraster mccarteri* Starfish

*Stantonoceras solisense* Ammonite
Permian Terrestrial Fossils (280 million years before the present)

Seymouria baylorensis Early Land-dwelling Vertebrate	Edaphosaurus pogonias Sailback

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Giant Sauropod Dinosaur