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Untamed Science: Biology: Evolution: How to Become a Fossil
Learn about what a fossil is, the different types that scientists use for study, and processes that form them. [2:57]
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American Geological Institute: Evolution and the Fossil Record
The American Geological Institute has done an excellent job of defining and explaining evolution in this online booklet. Darwin, fossils, natural selection, and change over time are some of the concepts that are covered. Make sure to see...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Hypacrosaur Family
What is a Hypacrosaurus and how did they eat, live, and protect themselves against predators? Paleontologists have learned answers to these questions and others by looking Hypacrosaurus fossils. Read facts about this herbivorous...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Frannie the Prenoceratops
Learn what a fossil named "Frannie" can tells us about a herbivorous dinosaur called the Prenoceratops, a cousin of Triceratops. View a taxonomy table, learn about this dinosaur's physical features, and interact with skeleton to learn...
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex
What can a fossil named "Stan" tell us about Tyrannosaurus rex? Read about paleontologists' findings about the T. rex diet, teeth, and brain thanks to Stan, and use an interactive skeleton to view and learn about T. rex's bones.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Spinosaurus Skull
This picture is a diagram of a Spinosaurus skull. Spinosaurus lived in the Cretaceous Period (around 100 million years ago) and was a huge meat eating dinosaur, possibly the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever. For more information on this...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Ankylosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows the restoration of an Ankylosaurus skeleton from side on. Ankylosaurus was a bulky dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period (around 66 million years ago). For more information on this interesting...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Ankylosaurus Skull
This picture gives a close up view of an Ankylosaurus skull. Ankylosaurus was a strongly armored ornithischian dinosaur that lived in North America. This specific specimen was found in the Edmonton formation of Alberta, Canada. For more...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Brachiosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of a Brachiosaurus skeleton. Brachiosaurus was part of a family of huge dinosaurs known as Sauropods, it reached around 26 metres (85 feet) in length and lived in North America. For more information on...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Argentinosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Argentinosaurus skeleton in a special exhibition of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg (a natural history museum in Frankfurt, Germany). Argentinosaurus was a massive Sauropod dinosaur from the mid...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Amargasaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a mounted skeleton of Amargasaurus, a Sauropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period (around 130 million years ago). Amargasaurus was small for a Sauropod and featured two rows of spines down its neck and back....
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Science Kids: Science Images: Deinonychus Skeleton
This picture shows the skull and spine of a scary looking Deinonychus skeleton, the photo was taken at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Deinonychus was related to the Velociraptor and lived during the early Cretaceous Period...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Edmontosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Edmontosaurus skeleton. Edmontosaurus was a crestless, duck-billed dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 70 million years ago). The first Edmontosaurus fossils were found in...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Epachthosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows the skeleton of a Sauropod dinosaur called Epachthosaurus. Epachthosaurus lived in South America in the late Cretaceous Period. The photo was taken in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Pentaceratops Skull
This picture gives a close up view of a Pentaceratops skull on display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Pentacertaops was a horned dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 75 million years ago). Its name means...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Sinornithosaurus Fossil
This picture shows a fossil cast of Sinornithosaurus, a dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period (around 124 million years ago) that lived in China. The photo was taken at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh,...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Thescelosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a 1915 reconstruction of a Thescelosaurus skeleton by Charles Gilmore. Thescelosaurus was a small dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago). Scientists estimate that it grew up to 4 metres...
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Read Works: Unearthing Pterosaurs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage from the American Museum of Natural History is about the discovery and study of bones from Pterosaurs, extinct flying reptiles that are not exactly dinosaurs or birds. A question set, a...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Stegosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a Stegosaurus skeleton on display at the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah. The Stegosaurus is a well known dinosaur from the late Jurassic Period that featured distinctive bones along its spine. For...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Ankylosaurus
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Ankylosaurus, a dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 66 million years ago). Ankylosaurus was a large herbivore (plant eater) that was protected by body armor, large plates of bone...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
Where the first relatively complete set of dinosaur bones (Hadrosaurus foulkii) in the world were discovered in 1838 by Joseph Leidy.
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Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Kelsey the Triceratops
What does a fossil named "Kelsey" tell us about the Triceratops horridus? Learn what the fossils say about this dinosaur's defense system, diet, and size. Be sure to click the "See the skeleton" link to interact with and learn about...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Velociraptor Fighting Protoceratops
This picture shows a replica of an amazing fossil that captured a Velociraptor and Protoceratops fighting in the heat of battle. The fossil was discovered in 1971 in Mongolia and is considered a national treasure by the country. For more...
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