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 Dinosaur
Field Guide
Check
out our new mini-encyclopedia
of dinosaurs. If you ever time-travel to the Jurassic, this
may come in handy!
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Karen Carr:
Prehistoric Art
See
a gallery
of images by this accomplished natural history and wildlife
artist. And read her article on how she created a
two-stories-tall mural
for a natural history museum.
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Suchomimus: Africa's New Meat-Eater
S
t e v e B r u s a t t e visits the Chicago Children's Museum to meet the new
T. rex-sized meat-eater Suchomimus. Lots of cool photos of Suchomimus
and descriptions of the unique bones from this amazing
creature's skeleton.
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Fossils,
Rocks, and Time
People who study Earth's history also use a type of
calendar, called the geologic time scale. It looks very
different from the familiar calendar. In some ways, it is
more like a book, and the rocks are its pages. Some of the pages are torn
or missing, and the pages are not numbered, but geology gives us the tools
to help us read this book. [more]
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How
to Collect Fossils
Believe it or not, there are
probably fossils to be collected within a few miles from where
you are right now!
Replica
Realities
Learn why museums
use reproduction fossils.
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Check out PaleoClones replica
fossils. In the catalog pages, you'll find cool pics of fossil casts,
along with tons of info. on dinosaurs, trilobites,
ice-age mammals and more. PaleoClones is
the museum where you can purchase every exhibit.
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Archaeopteryx,
an early bird with dino-like features, had hollow
bones.
Scientists
speculate that giant sauropod (long-neck) dinosaurs used their tails
like a giant bull-whip,
possibly to communicate with other dinosaurs.
Spinosaurus
aegypticus is the longest
carnivourus dinosaur known and grew to around 56 feet head
to tail.
Dinosaurs
once lived in cold polar regions. Fossils have been
found in Alaska and a part of
Australia that was within the Antarctic circle during the
Cretaceous.
Dwarf
dinosaurs have been discovered in an area of
Romania that was once a series of islands.
Source: The
Handy Dinosaur Answer Book
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di·no·saur
Pronunciation: 'dI-n&-"sor
Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Dinosaurus, genus
name, from Greek deinos terrifying + sauros lizard -- more at DIRE
Date: 1841
1 : any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct chiefly
terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the Mesozoic era
2 : any of various large extinct reptiles other than the true
dinosaurs
fos·sil
Pronunciation: 'fä-s&l
Function: adjective Etymology: Latin fossilis obtained
by digging, from fodere to dig -- more at BED
Date: 1665
1 : preserved from a past geologic age <fossil
plants> <fossil water in an underground reservoir>
2 : being or resembling a fossil
3 : of or relating to fossil fuel
(Merriam-Webster
Online)
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