Feathered dinosaurs

Mesozoic Era: The dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. The Mesozoic Era lasted about 180 million years, and is divided into three periods, the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous. Each of these periods is divided into many epochs and ages. Earth during the Mesozoic Era was much warmer than today, and the planet had no polar ice caps. During the Triassic Period, Pangaea still formed one massive supercontinent. Without much coastline to moderate the continent's interior temperature…

Shocking local discovery opens doors in paleontology Introduction: It is our pleasure to Introduce you to Surgasaurolus! This small lizard like creature was discovered only three months ago, in our very own town. The creature of the early jurassic period can tell us tons about the past of our planet. As the creature was discovered by Kathrine Surgay, scientists wanted to name it Surgasaur at first, but taken to account its size, settled on Surgasaurolus as the suffix “olus” is used as a…

“re-creation” of dinosaurs on the island of Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. Bringing animals that once roamed a very different Earth onto an island that was meant to recreate what once was. To create an amusement park slash zoo, of sorts, but one that the world has never seen before. However, one of the main issues of this novel is whether or not this island has accurately recreated the past habitat,…

The triceratops was a large, four-legged, plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur that had a frill of bone at the back of its skull and three distinguished horns on its face. … Triceratops were the most common kind in western North America and Canada. These dinosaurs were one of the last dinosaurs to roam the Western Interior. They lived in the late Cretaceous period, around 145.5 - 65.5 million years ago. Fossils of this species are most commonly recovered in the uppermost Cretaceous deposits of…

other small organisms that can hide from the destructive force that wipes out everything else. The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) is the most recent and most famous Mass Extinction, taking place 65 million years ago. The K/T is the event in which the dinosaurs died in. The cause of this event is debated, however it is widely accepted by most scientists that the K/T extinction was triggered when a giant asteroid or comet struck the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico killing off close to 80% of life on Earth.…

that dinosaurs had feather and the food pyramid was getting confusing. That is wierd how the food pyramid can confusing. Also what we encountered with strange animals. I get this text form two articles “The Explosion In What We Know About life Forms. Also another article called “ The Half-Life of Facts. The dinosaur had feather. Also the food pyramid is getting confusing. People have stated that the food pyramid have been changing over the time. Therefor people also stated that dinosaurs had…

Scientists have discovered that during life on Earth there has been 5 mass extinctions. These mass extinctions are said to be a normal part  of life and might even be an important factor for life on Earth. The main mass extinctions that have been discovered are the Ordovician Mass Extinction, the Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and the Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Scientists now even believe that we are not only part of the problem but the main subjects of the sixth mass extinction caused by…

fun and enjoy yourself. In this book, things went wrong with the electricity, workers, and the dinosaurs. Electricity and maintenance was a big problem during this book. In the beginning, the electricity went out so it basically turned the park off and they had no control over anything. The park has electric fences which is powered with the electricity of course. Since it went off, the dinosaurs were able to get out. That was the major problem of this story. It took a long time for them to…

the most famous types of dinosaurs. They have been named the state fossil of South Dakota and named the state dinosaur of Wyoming. A person can watch Triceratops interact with other dinosaurs in the movie Jurassic Park and read about them in many children’s books (Triceratops Wikipedia). Triceratops are part of the Ornithischian family. Triceratops were named by Orthniel Marsh in 1889 after some brow horns were found near Denver, Colorado in 1887 (Fastovsky). This dinosaur had a skull up to…

disappeared, the cause of the extinction still is clear. Creataceous period ended, wiping out 76 percent of life. Volcanic activity and climate change was responsible for the stressed ammonites, and asteroids had a deadly impact, which took out the dinosaurs. Though there are ammonites that remain on this earth, but can they withstand extinction? Climate is an important part of our environment and…