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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... pterosaurs could regulate their body temperature from the fossilized remains of feathers and hair . What works for today's animals worked in the past , too . Scientists can look at an animal's fossilized skeleton . They can tell from ...
... pterosaurs could regulate their body temperature from the fossilized remains of feathers and hair . What works for today's animals worked in the past , too . Scientists can look at an animal's fossilized skeleton . They can tell from ...
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... pterosaur in 1828 . 2. In 1878 , the skeletons of 31 Iguanodons were discovered during a coal mining excavation in Belgium . It seems that the whole herd had fallen into a ravine and become stuck in a coal swamp . They wound up 1,057 ft ...
... pterosaur in 1828 . 2. In 1878 , the skeletons of 31 Iguanodons were discovered during a coal mining excavation in Belgium . It seems that the whole herd had fallen into a ravine and become stuck in a coal swamp . They wound up 1,057 ft ...
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... pterosaurs ( TER - o - sawrs ) , 14-15 , 28-29 rays , 28 reptiles , 11 , 12-13 , 24 , 26 , 27 Saurischia ( " lizard - hipped " ) ( saw - RISH - ee - ah ) , 12-13 , 29 shark , 16 , 28 single - celled animals , 10-11 ( STEG - 0 - SAW ...
... pterosaurs ( TER - o - sawrs ) , 14-15 , 28-29 rays , 28 reptiles , 11 , 12-13 , 24 , 26 , 27 Saurischia ( " lizard - hipped " ) ( saw - RISH - ee - ah ) , 12-13 , 29 shark , 16 , 28 single - celled animals , 10-11 ( STEG - 0 - SAW ...
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