Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Study Of Dinosaurs
Information on dinosaurs is obtained from a widely varying fields of study which include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and the Earth Scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Areas Of Debate
Dinosaur - Warm-blooded?. A vigorous debate on the subject of temperature regulation in dinosaurs has been ongoing since the 1960s. Ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - In Popular Culture
Dinosaurs were highly successful creatures; they were the dominant land animals on Earth for over 150 million years. However, it is their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia - Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are vertebrate animals that range from reptile-like to bird-like.[1] Dinosaurs dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Study Of Dinosaurs
Information on dinosaurs is obtained from a variety of fields of study including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and the Earth Sciences (whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia - Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are vertebrate animals that range from reptile-like to bird-like.[1] Dinosaurs dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coprolite: Encyclopedia - Coprolite
Coprolites are fossilized feces, or animal dung. They form an important class of objects studied in the field of paleontology. The name i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrannosauridae: Encyclopedia - Tyrannosauridae
See text Tyrannosaurids, tyrant lizards or members of the Tyrannosauridae are a carnivorous dinosaur family whose name is derived from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Museum Of Natural History: Encyclopedia Ii - American Museum Of Natural History - Images
Diorama Mammals Diorama Mammals Diorama Birds Diorama Mammals Sperm Whale Study of the ocean Dinosaurs Planetarium ... See also:Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archaeoraptor: Encyclopedia Ii - Archaeoraptor - Uncovering The Fake
The Archaeoraptor specimen was returned by the Czerkases to China, where Xu Xing, a member of Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ischigualasto: Encyclopedia Ii - Ischigualasto - Importance
The Ischigualasto Formation contains Late Triassic (Carnian) deposits (230 million years before the present), with some of the oldest kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Microraptor: Encyclopedia Ii - Microraptor - Description
Microraptor was about 77cm long from its nose to the tip of its tail. Like its close relative Cryptovolans (possibly a junior synonym of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archaeoraptor: Encyclopedia Ii - Archaeoraptor - History
The purported fossil of Archaeoraptor was found 1998 in a gem show in Tucson, Arizona. It had been found in the Liaoning Province of Chin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prosauropoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Prosauropoda - Changing Definitions
The Prosauropoda were originally defined as the early, bipedal, Triassic ancestors of the great sauropod dinosaurs. More recently, cladis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Description And Environment
Brachiosaurus was a sauropod, one of a group of four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails, and tiny brains. Unlike ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gideon Mantell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gideon Mantell - Recognition
He tried in vain to convince his peers that the fossils were from Mesozoic strata by carefully studying rock layers. Sir Richard Owen fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachiosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brachiosaurus - Description And Environment
Brachiosaurus was a sauropod, one of a group of four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks and tails, and tiny brains. Unlike ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triceratops: Encyclopedia Ii - Triceratops - Discoveries And Species
Triceratops was discovered by John Bell Hatcher in 1888. Its declaration as a legitimate dinosaur came when an intact skull was found. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supercroc: Encyclopedia Ii - Supercroc - Description
When fully mature, the SuperCroc was as long as a city bus (11–12 m, or 37–40 ft), and weighed up to 8,000 kg (8.8 short tons), as mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supercroc: Encyclopedia Ii - Supercroc - Scientific Study
The SuperCroc remains are from several individuals, and include a spine (vertebrae), limb bones, hip bones (a pelvic girdle), the bony ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comet Shoemaker-levy 9: Encyclopedia Ii - Comet Shoemaker-levy 9 - Jupiter As A Cosmic Vacuum Cleaner
The impact of SL9 highlighted Jupiter's role as a kind of "cosmic vacuum cleaner" for the inner solar system. Studies have shown that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - What Is A Dinosaur?
Dinosaur - Definition. The superorder or clade "Dinosauria" was formally named by the English scientist Richard Owen in 1842. The term ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - What Is A Dinosaur?
Dinosaur - Definition. The superorder or clade "Dinosauria" was formally named by the English scientist Richard Owen in 1842. The term ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - History Of Discovery
Dinosaur fossils have been known of for millennia, although their true nature was not recognized; the Chinese considered them to be drago...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Extinction Theories
The sudden mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, which occurred around 65 million years ago, is one of the most intriguing mysterie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Extinction Theories
The sudden extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, which occurred around 65 million years ago, is one of the most intriguing problems in p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - In Popular Culture
Dinosaurs were highly successful creatures; they were the dominant land animals on Earth for over 150 million years. However, it is their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Areas Of Debate
Dinosaur - Warm-blooded?. Scientists have waged an ongoing and vigorous debate over temperature regulation in dinosaurs, at first over ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Extinction Theories
The sudden extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, which occurred around 65 million years ago, is one of the most intriguing problems in p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - History Of Discovery
Dinosaur fossils have been known for millennia, though their true nature was not recognized; the Chinese considered them to be dragon bon...   » Read the article