Links   

Dinosaur information sites: Unfortunately, a lot of these are becoming legacy sites.  If you're looking for current information, you've got Dinodata, the DML, Wikipedia, and, well, this site.  Of course, it was always true that there were only a few sites operating at any time that provided constant updating.  When I started, the gold standards for information were the DML, Dinosauria On-Line and whatever version of The Dinosauricon was operating.

Aragosaurus.com: This site covers Spanish paleontology (as such, it is in Spanish).  Among its features is a section on Galvesaurus, and a section of pdfs on various topics. 

Archives of the DINOSAUR Mailing List:  This is -the- best dinosaur information location on the Internet.  It holds archives from mailing list discussions that touch on virtually everything dinosaur-related.  If you need information on a specific dinosaur, especially a recently-described one, you should immediately search the Archives.

Classifosauria: This site, run by Steve Mahon, provides another opinion on dinosaur classification  (a good deal more rigorous than yours truly), and presents it in a compact format.   

Dinodata:  This site I like especially for news and the reference base.  Bar the contents of the Archives of the Dinosaur Mailing List, this is the number one source for dinosaur information on the Internet.  It also hosts a number of other sites; one of my favorites is Octávio Mateus' Lusodinos, the new home of the old Lourinhanosaurus pages, a very good source of information on Portuguese dinosaurs.

Dino Russ's Lair: This site has one of the most extensive sets of links, including many links for information and museum displays.

The Dinosaur FAQ: The title says it all.  This site is a work-in-progress concerning the most common questions about dinosaurs, from "How can I make a career in paleontology?" to the ever-popular biggest\smallest\longest\etc.

Dinosauria On-Line:  Another top-notch info site, this one has the famous Omnipedia.  Unfortunately, I fear its heyday is past, given the infrequent updates, but given its size, it's always a good place to poke around to see what you may have missed last time.

The Dinosauricon: An old favorite, this one has a lot of features you won't find on other sites, including a massive paleoart section (see below).  This version is in progress.

Ischigualasto: This new website (Spanish at the moment, with an English version underway) is devoted to informing people about the Ischigualasto sites and to help gather support for future work.

MESOZOIC DINOSAURS: For the more advanced student of dinosaurs, Brad McFeeters maintains a site that includes an excellent roundup of recent dinosaur-related scientific literature in electronic, downloadable (pdf) form.

The Official Dino Land Website:  The Official Dino Land Website is another all-around excellent site, with many features not found at other locations, including an article on the paleo finds of the year, decade, century, and millennium (as decided by an international panel), interviews with paleontologists, virtual trips to famous paleo sites, and more.

Palaeos (old) and Palaeos (new, wiki version): This site combines information from Toby White's Vertebrate Notes with material from Alan Kazlev's Kheper site to produce one of the most informative websites for dinosaurs (and a whole lotta other things as well!).  It's more technical than a lot of sites (mine included), but this is one of the things which makes it useful.  It was going to go extinct, but has been resurrected in wiki format.

The Polyglot Paleontologist: Another site for pdfs, this one provides a great service for English monolinguists with translations of a huge number non-English articles (no figures).

The Tree of Life: Dinosaur Pages:  Two pages on dinosaur classification are currently up at The Tree of Life, and I highly recommend visiting them.  They are: Tyrannosauroidea by Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.; and Ankylosauromorpha, by Kenneth Carpenter.  Both of the authors are recognized experts in their particular area of dinosaur paleontology.

Vertebrate Paleontology Journal Links: Jerry Harris' fantastically useful compendium of scientific journals is a great site for anyone who wants to look at the primary literature. (Google Scholar is also nice, as it may point you to free PDFs you didn't know were available)

Wikipedia dinosaur information: The dinosaur section on Wikipedia is new, and the dinosaur enthusiasts work hard.  I'm rooting for them, because a quality source maintained by a number of enthusiasts, at a fixed location, will in the end be better than individual sites, which are maintained by individuals who inevitably have other things going on in their lives.  If this comes true, then you won't have to hear me complain about extinct sites.  The link I gave goes to the main dinosaur page; to find other articles, go to the categories at the bottom and select "dinosaurs," or try Portal: Dinosaurs.  

Dinosaur Restorations: I'm not hugely experienced in the ways of dinosaur illustrations (as you can guess from my own amateurish attempts), but you may want to see some more.  The place to start, for the sheer variety, is the gallery at the Dinosauricon (see above):

Art Gallery [The Dinosauricon] (new version): Here's the link for the gallery at the newer version of the Dinosauricon.  When you want to start doing your own, check out the skeletal reconstruction section to get an idea of the kind of reference material you'll want to use.

CU Museum: MFS: Scientific Illustration (MUSM 5061): Well, there's technically only two dinosaur images on display here (and of the same animal; no points for guessing which one), but it's my website, and so here's a link to the fine scientific artwork my classmates and I produced in Dr. Dena Smith's Scientific Illustration class.

Dino-Galerie by Frederik Spindler: The site is in German, but good dinosaur illustrations transcend our limited languages.  Frederik, the artist and webmaster, has often discussed the newest finds with me, and he produces quality artwork.  There's a wide variety of dinosaur subjects illustrated, in both life and skeletal restorations.
He now has a second website:
Dinosauromorpha, which is in English, and will additional information.  It's under construction right now, but both sites are open to visitors.

Welcome to Skeletal Drawing.com: For those of you who like to do your own work, you know the value of a good skeletal reconstruction.  Well, here's a pot of gold for you!

Other Prehistoric Animals: I don't have much here yet, and it reflects my amateur interest in plesiosaurians, which I haven't had much time to indulge.

Tetrapod Zoology (new link);
Darren Naish: Tetrapod Zoology (old link): Dr. Naish's blog covers a variety of biological and paleontological topics in great depth.  Although he is best known in dinosaur circles for his work on coelurosaurian theropods and dinosaurs from the Isle of Wight, his interests are extremely wide in scope, and you'll never know what he'll write on next. 

Oceans of Kansas Paleontology: I'm embarrassed to have overlooked this site for so long, because it is one of the true crown jewels of paleontology sites on the Internet.  You could easily get lost in this review of everything you could want to know about the Western Interior Seaway.

The Paleobiology Database: Although there is a lot about dinosaurs here, this site is useful for looking up information on any prehistoric animal, and rewards poking around.

The Plesiosaur Directory and The Plesiosaur Site: These two sites will help you get your plesiosaurian fix.

The Tree of Life Web Project: In general, if you use this site, the UCMP site below, and Palaeos, you can find useful information on just about any group of organisms.

UCMP Home Page: Another crown jewel, this site has information on just about every kind of extinct animal.  Be sure to also pay a visit to The Paleontology Portal, one of its subsites.

Museums: I thought I'd throw in a few more museums and make a separate heading out of it.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: My thoughts: Fantastic skeletal mounts for the paleoartist to photograph and for everyone to enjoy (my Gargoyleosaurus drawing is a slightly modified and fleshed-over version of theirs, based on photos). 

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: This museum, in Woodland Park, CO, has some good Lancian-age skeletons, including two Thescelosaurus with the new skull (very interesting).  Also, they run an extensive paleo giftshop (Prehistoric Paradise) with an online component for those times when you're in the mood for paleo merchandise.

Science Museum of Minnesota:  This is the website for my hometown museum, which has just moved to a new, larger location in St. Paul.  For the dinophile, it has, among other exhibits, the world's largest Triceratops mount.

University of Colorado Museum: Yeah, so it's not so much a dino paleo place (terrific mammal stuff, though), but I thought I'd include it as it has been my "home" institution.

For Fun: The History of Dinosaur Toys:

Dinosaur Collector Site B: Dioramas featuring toy dinosaurs!  Also, for the dinosaur toy enthusiast, there is extensive material on some of the figures put out by various companies.  I've communicated with the author before, on the subject of Inpro dinosaurs.

Realm of Rubber Dinosaurs: Here's another fun site, this one focusing more on the companies and their products.  In tandem with the Dinosaur Collector Site, you can indulge that secret interest in toy dinosaurs to your heart's content.