When young animals grow up, they may be similar to their parents but they are never identical. If one animal is able to move faster than another of the same species, it can probably catch more…
Measuring trackwaysIndicators of behaviourCalculating dimensionsComparing the stance of animalsRunning and walking speedsIt has been said that the footprints of a dinosaur can tell us more about…
Tree-top browserBalancing actLow browserVegetarian mouthsCretaceous food chainThroughout the dinosaur era, communities of dinosaurs were made up of plant-eaters (herbivores) and meat-eaters (…
DistributionUnited StatesSouth AmericaIsle of WightSahara DesertGobi DesertAustraliaAntarcticaDinosaurs lived all over the world, but their fossilized remains are not easy to find, or even,…
Adaptationthe response of a living organism to changes in its environment.Agea unit of geological time, which is characterized by some feature (like an Ice Age).Ambera yellowish, fossilized tree…
Growth ringsComplete babyStages of growthSome of the most exciting fossil finds over the last fifty years have been those that have something to do with young dinosaurs – their nests, eggs, or…
Internal anatomyExternal anatomyCeratopsian hornsAnkylosaur scutesStegosaur platesSome armoured dinosaursThree major groups of plant-eating dinosaurs were well equipped to defend themselves – some…
CarnivoreTeethAwesome jawsStereoscopic eyesightLeg musclesModern hunters and scavengersTyrannosaurus profileAvailability of food for scavenging Tyrannosaurus was the biggest, fiercest, most…
1 Preparing the site2 Exposing the fossil3 Mapping the site4 Site map5 Inner dressing6 Plaster field jacketIn the past, dinosaur digs were very different from what they are today. Fragile fossils…
When a fossil arrives in a laboratory, it is usually embedded in a chunk of the rock it was found in. The first job for the specially trained technicians, called preparators, is to free the fossil…
