Thescelosaurus Images

Science Museum of Minnesota Images

    I was once working on a project at the old Science Museum that allowed me to get up-close and personal with a mount of the "marvelous lizard."  Here are some photos that I took when I was there:

This shot is over the body.  The skull is not the actual skull of this dinosaur, because it was not known at the time the molds for this cast were made.  New remains show a long skull with a pointed snout.

This shot gives a good view of the tubby, low-slung body.

Finally, this image gives another view down the body, again highlighting the wide gut and short limbs.

Other Museums

    This particular image comes from Steve Brusatte, webmaster of The Official Dino Land Website (now extinct), who took this photo at the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford, Illinois.  The long, low build of the animal is very evident in this shot.

For Fun

For fun, here's Thescelosaurus in toy form (the one and only example, I think!  Thanks to Randy Knol of Dinosaur Collector Site B for the image).  I think it's reasonable from the shoulders back, but the neck's too long and the head's too "prosauropod"-like.