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A drawing of a Cretaceous estuary

Coloring Pages

Free downloadable coloring pages featuring prehistoric life known from fossils found in the Midwest. The lower section of this page also features some anatomical diagrams which can be colored in to learn about the skeletal features of these ancient animals. Click on the links below to download these coloring pages as printable pdf files.

A coloring page of a tylosaurus

Tylosaurus

A giant mosasaur that once swam in the seas which covered the Great Plains during the late Cretaceous period. Tylosaurus is also the state ocean fossil of Kansas!

A coloring page of a mammoth

Columbian mammoth

One of the largest land animals to live in North America during the Pleistocene epoch.

A coloring page of a pteranodon

Pteranodon

These huge flying reptiles were part of a group of animals called the pterosaurs who were some of the most abundant flying animals of the Mesozoic era, the time of the dinosaurs.

A coloring page of a mastodon

American mastodon

A type of elephant relative (proboscidean) known from fossils found across North America. They had cusped teeth used to chew up woody plants.

A coloring page of invertebrates from the Carboniferous period

Carboniferous period Invertebrates

A selection of ocean invertebrates whose fossils are found in parts of eastern Kansas

A coloring page of the nautiloid Cooperoceras

Cooperoceras

A strange spiky nautiloid whose fossils are found in Texas, Oklahoma and Texas

A coloring page of a giant bison

Giant bison

Bison latifrons, the giant bison, was one of the largest bovids of all time, weighing about as much as a large rhino!

A coloring page of extinct fishes from the Carboniferous period

Carboniferous period fishes

Prehistoric fishes whose fossils are found in marine deposits in parts of the Midwest which were covered by shallow seas during the Carboniferous period

Anatomical coloring pages

Add color to these labeled diagrams to learn more about the unique skeletal features of prehistoric animals

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops

Nothrotheriops skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the Shasta ground sloth from the Pleistocene of the southwestern US. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the sea turtle protostega

Protostega skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the sea turtle Protostega from the Cretaceous of Kansas. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of an eagle ray

Batomorph skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of an eagle ray, Myliobatis. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a tortoise

Tortoise skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy a tortoise showing the placement of the bones beneath the shell. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a columbian mammoth

Mammoth skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a Columbian mammoth h from the Pleistocene of North America. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a theropod skull

Theropod cranial anatomy

A coloring page of the anatomy of the skull of a Tyrannosaurid meat-eating dinosaur. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a theropod skeleton

Theropod skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a meat-eating theropod dinosaur, Gorgosaurus. Click below to download the file

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the mosasaur platecarpus

Platecarpus skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the mosasaur Platecarpus from the Cretaceous of Kansas. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the a ray-finned fish

Ray-finned fish skeleton

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy a Pycnodont ray-finned fish from the Cretaceous period. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of an armadillo

Armadillo skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the a nine-banded armadillo, showing the bones of the animal as they appear beneath the shell. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the plesiosaur dolichorhynchops

Plesiosaur skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a polycotylid plesiosaur and an elasmosaurid from the Cretaceous of Kansas. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a dire wolf

Dire wolf skeletal anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the a dire wolf from the Pleistocene of North America. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of jaws of a shark

Shark jaw anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the jaw cartilages of a shark. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the anatomy of an ammonite shell

Ammonoid shell anatomy

A coloring page of the shell anatomy of an ammonoid. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the placoderm Dunkleosteus

Placoderm anatomy

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of the placoderm fish Dunkleosteus from the Devonian period. Click below to download the file.

A coloring page of the skeletal anatomy of a tortoise shell

Tortoise shell anatomy

A coloring page of the different types of scutes found on the shells of turtles and tortoises. Click below to download the file.

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