Fossil Formation
Hardened tree resin can trap insects / small animals, creating these fossils.
What is Amber?
The first dinosaur ever named, in 1824.
What is Megalosaurus?
This group of bipedal, mostly carnivorous dinosaurs includes modern birds
What are Theropods
This prehistoric animal, most closely related to Monitor Lizards and Snakes, is often mistaken for a dinosaur in movies.
What is Mosasaurus
These Ice Age mammals are often found in the La Brea Tar Pits.
What are (mammoths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves).
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
The most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found is nicknamed:
What is Sue?
What is the largest discovered theropod dinosaur in terms of mass?
What is Tyrannosaurus rex
A massive Devonian fish with armored jaws.
What is Dunkleosteus.
A 67-million year old fossil containing the intertwined skeletons of a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex and an adult Triceratops fighting.
Dueling Dinosaurs
The process where minerals fill in the pores of bones, preserving them as rock.
What is permineralization?
The term "dinosaur" was coined by this British scientist in 1842.
Who is Richard Owen?
Fossils of this dromaeosaur from Mongolia show it in a “fighting” pose with a Protoceratops.
What is Velociraptor?
What prehistoric reptile is famous for its long neck and loch-ness monster esque appearance.
What is Plesiosaurus.
“Lucy” is a fossil of this early hominin.
What is Australopithecus afarensis?
This process happens when minerals replace the bone or wood, turning it into stone.
What is Petrification?
This sauropod dinosaur is believed to weigh over 80 tonnes
What is (Argentinosaurus, Patagotitan, Puertasaurus, Maraapunisaurus)
What is the smallest Theropod Dinosaur?
What is a hummingbird (Bee Hummingbird)
The shallow inland sea that split North America in the Cretaceous. Home of the Mosasaurus.
What is the Western Interior Seaway?
Found in 1996 in China, this feathered dinosaur fossil helped confirm that birds are dinosaurs.
Sinosauropteryx
Fossils that record behavior, such as footprints or burrows.
What are trace fossils?
These two rival paleontologists fought the “Bone Wars” in the 1800s.
Who are Cope and Marsh?
Trackways from Early Cretaceous Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas suggest this 6-tonne predator may have hunted sauropods in groups.
What is Acrocanthosaurus
The earth was once a supercontinent, known as pangaea. The ocean, as a result, was once a "global ocean", known as _
Panthalassa
This fossilized dinosaur “mummy” preserved skin impressions and stomach contents.
What is Edmontosaurus (Dakota the Hadrosaur)