The 30 Dinosaur Facts You Want To Know вђ Page 19 вђ We’ve been living with dinosaurs this whole time and you’re probably just now realizing it, and in which case i suggest you read on to learn some more interesting and shocking facts about these ancient reptiles. you may think you know everything there is to know about these beasts, but the truth is, we discover new facts almost every day. Unless you are a vegetarian, you regularly eat dinosaurs–well kind of. genetic patterns have shown that chickens are close relatives of the ancient dinosaurs we all love to study. in fact, out of all the bird species alive today, chickens and turkeys are the closest relatives to dinosaurs, as they have gone through the least amount of.
The 30 Dinosaur Facts You Want To Know вђ Page 19 вђ This little lizard like creature was named the micropachycephalosaurus, meaning “small thick headed lizard” (sometimes the names are so basic in the description, you can help but laugh). it has the longest name ever given to any dinosaur, which makes it somewhat special. Barnum brown discovers the first fossils of tyrannosaurus rex at hell creek, montana. 1908. george and levi sternberg find the first impression of dinosaur skin, belonging to an edmontosaurus, in wyoming. 1923. roy chapman andrews and his crew discover the first dinosaur nest in the gobi desert in mongolia. Many dinosaur eggs could grow to be as large as basketballs. wikimedia commons. the hadrosaur could have over 1,000 teeth at once and was able to grow new ones indefinitely. wikimedia commons. the asteroid that is believed to have wiped the dinosaurs out most likely struck mexico’s yuctan peninsula. wikimedia commons. We’ve all heard of dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurus rex, stegosaurus and allosaurus. each of these, and all of the other famous dinosaurs, were one of either of the two main types of dinosaur, ornithischia and saurischia. the two types of dinosaur were identified by british paleontologist harry seeley. 1.
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