Feathered dinosaurs

Picture yourself standing among the various dinosaurs 252 million years ago, when hurtling from the sky a massive meteorite colliding into the earth resulting in one of the largest mass extinction to come, commonly referred to as the Permian-Triassic extinction, in Earth’s history shifting Earth into a new era: The Mesozoic Era. Frequently mentioned to as “Age of Reptiles” due to the amount of reptiles that predominated the lands, however they were not alone; land-dwelling vertebrate animals and…

Five times in the history of Earth, mass extinctions of unimaginable death scale almost wiped out most of the life on the planet. The last event occurred 65 million years ago when Earth was impacted by an asteroid killing the dinosaurs and other organisms (70 per cent of the species). The deadliest of these extinction events happened more than 252 million years ago. The event is known as the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event or the “Great Dying” that killed around 90 per cent of all species on…

The parts of Jurassic Park that are left out in the movie are very clear to see. For starters, the opening of the two are very different. Where the book starts out with telling a story of a nurse and a raptor attack victim, as well as a story of a dinosaur being found on the mainland; the movie starts by telling a story of a workman being killed at Jurassic Park, and a story of Gennaro meeting with some of Hammonds miners. Another significant change is where most of the action in the book is…

definition gives off very powerful image of the dinosaur. Paleobiologists have tried to study the T. Rex fossils to put their lifestyle and habits into perspective for humans. People continue to study these dinosaurs to discover new things that other scientists have over looked in the past. The scientists that study dinosaurs these want actual proof of the actions and behavior of the T. Rex. This will help them discover new things about other dinosaurs as well because many of these creatures…

The Massest of Mass Extinctions With all the post-apocalyptic themed movies coming out of Hollywood, most people are probably familiar with the concept of a mass extinction. In those kind of movies the cause is often a manmade problem, such as nuclear war. However, in the earth’s distant past, we were not around to destroy ourselves. So what happened? 250 million years ago the Permian period came to an end in a mass extinction causing 95% of species living in the ocean to die (Cort, 2006). To…

The White River Badlands, located in South Dakota, are a national park known for its heavily eroded land and a harsh train that has been developing for millions of years. This has led the land to develop greatly over time, along with encapsulating different species that lived in the land over the years. These species, over time, have been engraved in the stone, leading it contain and immense amount of paleontological aspects. Because of this, Badlands national park has been considered the…

The extinction of the dinosaurs is one of the most well-known mysteries in our great world, the Earth has its history in the layers, these layers can tell us when, where, and how something happened, the K-T boundary is no exception. These large slabs of Earth can show us the past, millions of years of history, to the beginning. What scientists around the world are trying to figure out, is why the dinosaurs died out, there are many different and unique theories about the K-T extinction. Some…

What do you get if you cross a pig with a dinosaur? Jurassic Pork! (jokes4us.com) Most people in the world today do not realize how much they impact the ecosystem. Some people do not even have the knowledge about the ecosystem and how it affects the world we live in, and then there are those people that just do not care about the ecosystem. An ecosystem is a community of animals, people, and plants that interact with one another and their physical environment. One type of ecosystem that we take…

The year is 2055, in Ray Bradbury’s short story, “A Sound of Thunder”, Eckels, an experienced and self-assured hunter, pays a high price to go back in time and hunt a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a time-traveling company, called the Time Safari, Inc. After breaking important rules, Eckels realizes that the adventure was too much for him to handle, as well as unintentionally alters his societies future. “The story tackles the very premise of how mankind’s smallest actions can have universal…

Biology Assignment Mega Fauna Scientific Name: Genyornis Newtoni Common Name: Genyornis Newtoni (Thunder Bird) General Description: Genyornis Newtoni was the last of the large, flightless mihirungs native to Australia. Genyornis was a heavy built bird that stood over 2 metres tall, with small wings and massive hind legs. Mihirungs had deep lower jaws and a distinctly shaped quadrate bone that connect the upper and lower jaw. Genyornis had a wedge-shaped head to go along with its unusually…