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…
Internal anatomyExternal anatomyTeeth for rakingTeeth for combingPillarlike legsProsauropodsThe biggest land animals to have lived on Earth were the sauropods, which means “lizard feet”. These…
Running style of an ostrichHow a Tyrannosaurus stood upNo-one has ever seen a dinosaur in action. However, the bones and the joints of fossilized skeletons can give us clues as to how the animals…
Family lifeHatching outNesting in coloniesBrooding OviraptorFossilized mother and eggsEver since dinosaurs were identified as reptiles, scientists have assumed that they laid eggs, in the same way…
Trapped in a quagmireFamily feastingTactics of modern huntersJust as modern meat-eating animals such as lions combine forces to pull down animals larger than themselves, many flesh-eating theropods…
