We’ve rounded up 17 of the best dinosaur toys perfect for all those budding paleontologists, from Squeakee the Balloon Dino to a Play-doh-eating T-rex.

Just grab some Play-Doh, flatten it into a disk, and have your child walk one of her dinosaur toys across it. “If you let that dry out on your counter, it’s basically a fossil of your toy ...

The durable wood tracks can handle years of play, and the dinosaur pieces promote imaginative storytelling. These sets are expandable and can be used with other Brio toys.

Play-Doh, a household cleaner that became a toy thanks to Kay Zufall, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.