fossil discoveries of all time, he unearthed the bones of the Tyrannosaurs rex! This discovery Introduce the world Reconstruction of the T. rex type specimen (CM 9380) at the Carnegie Museum of Natural Historyto what is now not only the most popular dinosaur, but arguably the most iconic prehistoric creature known to man today. Just a few years ago, a shocking revelation was made by two geologists that has given us a deeper look at the the evolutionary history of the T-Rex. Stephen Brusatt…
Ian Miller is a Paleontologist who works for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Ian Miller’s problem is that he wants to find out how Western North America changed from the past 100 million years, what past climates were like 100 million years ago and the fossil ecosystems that existed 100 million years ago. Through solving and studying this problem, there have been many obstacles to solving his questions. Although obstacles causes trouble and hardships through experiments and test, Ian…
Spinosaurus: Then and Now The Spinosaurus is a dinosaur first discovered in the early 20th century. It was named by Ernst Stromer, the man who first discovered it and its name translates to “Spine reptile”. It is estimated to have lived during the Cretaceous period and more specifically between 112-93.5 million years ago. (10) The Spinosaurus belongs to the Phylum of Chordata, meaning it has a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain, the Class of Archosauria, meaning it is a diapsid amniote, the…
Markgraf, but he found some other intriguing fossils that captivated him for the rest of his life. Between 1940 and 1944, Stromer identified the bones of Aegyptosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, Spinosaurus. He also found 42 other types of dinosaurs, fish, crocodiles, and turtles. Ernst Stromer discoveries were not appreciated until after his lifetime, but because of his talent to overcome difficulties and develop scholarly behaviors, he was ultimately…
Prey”, there are also many differences.Some similarities between those stories are they both take place in the outdoors where they are unfamiliar with the location. Also, both stories have predators and deal with danger, in SOT the predator is a dinosaur and in BP the predator in the crocodile. Also, the two stories deal with danger, in both stories the narrators are very detailed about the setting and the story in general. Furthermore, in both stories, the main characters break rules in some…
Did you know that dinosaurs roamed the Earth for over 165 million years? Did you know that the dinosaur with the longest name is Micropachycephalosaurus? To Max, these are facts that come as naturally as the score for the biggest football game this weekend. Max’s favorite t-shirt has a bright red Tyrannosaurus Rex on the front and he sports it proudly once a week- always on a Tuesday. Sometimes the kids at school pick on him for his unique interests and his lack of social skills. Some of the…
thinking because it is such an outrageous claim and immoral action. There are mainly other voices of reason that try to speak up within Jurassic Park, such as Dr. Malcom, Ellie and the Lawyer. Dr. Malcom and Ellie are both concerned more for the dinosaurs and the wellbeing of the newly recreated ecosystem that’s been developed. The lawyer is obviously concerned with the safety of the civilians visiting the park not for their protection, but so that investors can make the most profit possible off…
With their scaly bodies, slit eyes, and long tails, alligators and crocodiles look a lot like dinosaurs. In fact, alligators and crocodiles descending from the same family as dinosaurs while it’s true that alligators and crocodiles look a lot alike, they differ in three ways. First, alligators and crocodiles are found in different parts of the world. Alligators are found in China, Central America, and South America. On the other hand. Crocodiles are found in Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia,…
It was the wet season and Jacob was as big as a Lexovisaurus could grow, and he was eating around a ton of food a day. Jacob had gotten in countless fights with all kinds dinosaurs so he was covered in tons of…
exaggerated versions of real creatures, like the single-minded shark in Jaws or the skyscraper-climbing gorilla in King Kong. They may be extinct animals, like the dinosaurs that terrorize cave dwellers and explorers in movies. Actually, cave dwellers and dinosaurs would never have met, for some unexplained event caused the dinosaurs to become extinct before the cave dwellers existed. "Natural" monsters sometimes combine human and animal features. Cat people, werewolves, and vampires fit into…