Fossil Science
Online resources
Wikipedia - Dinosaurs • Wikipedia is always a great place to begin your further reading (but not end it!).
Field Museum - Learning Resources • Games, worksheets, and other resources for educators from the Field Museum in Chicago.
DK Findout! • An online version of some of the beautiful illustrations and facts about dinosaurs taken from DK’s books.
Natural History Museum - Dino Directory • A searchable directory of dinosaurs from the Natural History Museum of London.
American Museum of Natural History • Games and other information on paleontology from the American Museum of Natural History.
National Park Service - Dinosaur National Monument • Learn about the dinosaurs of Dinosaur National Monument from the US National Park Service.
Fossil Fandom Wiki • A wiki devoted to fossils.
The Paleobiology Database • A public database of paleontological data, including the locations of fossil finds.
Dr. Scott Hartman's Skeletal Drawing • Dinosaur skeleton drawings from Dr. Scott Hartman.
Recommended books
Some of these books are geared toward kids, some toward adults, some toward both!
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Dougal Dixon, Hermes House, an imprint of Anness Publishing, 2019.
Dinosaurs: The Grand Tour, second edition, Keiron Pim, The Experiment Publishing, 2019.
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, second edition, Don Lessem (author) and Franco Tempesta (illustrator), National Geographic Children’s Books, 2017.
Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, Candlewick, 2005.
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, second edition, Gregory S. Paul, Princeton University Press, 2016.
Dinosaurs: A Visual Encyclopedia, second edition, DK Publishing, a Division of Penguin Random House, 2018.
Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 2009.
The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals, Steve Brusatte, Quill Tree Books, 2021.
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World, Steve Brusatte, William Morrow, 2019.
Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils, Dean Lomax, Columbia University Press, 2021.