Hunting the Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric AnimalsExamines how paleontologists discover, study, classify, reconstruct, and restore the fossil remains of many kinds of dinosaurs. |
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... Dinosaurs goes back to 225 million years ago . For 140 million years the dinosaurs ruled the Earth . Sixty - five million years ago , they became extinct . THE CHANGING EARTH The hills and mountains of the Earth seem very old to us ...
... Dinosaurs goes back to 225 million years ago . For 140 million years the dinosaurs ruled the Earth . Sixty - five million years ago , they became extinct . THE CHANGING EARTH The hills and mountains of the Earth seem very old to us ...
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... Dinosaurs . They changed little in 130 million years . The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for 140 million years . Then they died out and mammals took over . Humans have been here only between two and five million years . 27. Tyrannosaurus 28 ...
... Dinosaurs . They changed little in 130 million years . The dinosaurs ruled the Earth for 140 million years . Then they died out and mammals took over . Humans have been here only between two and five million years . 27. Tyrannosaurus 28 ...
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... reptiles include these animals : snakes , lizards , crocodiles , alligators , tortoises , turtles , and New Zealand's tuatara . Reptiles do not play as big a role in the animal world today as in the past . They once ruled the Earth ...
... reptiles include these animals : snakes , lizards , crocodiles , alligators , tortoises , turtles , and New Zealand's tuatara . Reptiles do not play as big a role in the animal world today as in the past . They once ruled the Earth ...
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