Types of Dinosaurs - American Museum of Natural History
Camptosaurus is a relatively small and rare example of the Late Jurassic, North American dinosaurs. Diplodocus longus. In Diplodocus, the slender neck and whip-like tail are extremely long, and the skull is slender and low, almost streamlined, even though the snout is broad and blunt. Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis.
Dinosaur Facts - American Museum of Natural History
Basic Dinosaur Facts. Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that have lived on Earth for about 245 million years. In 1842, the English naturalist Sir Richard Owen coined the term Dinosauria, derived from the Greek deinos, meaning “fearfully great,” and sauros, meaning “lizard.”. Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.
T. rex, Triceratops, Titanosaur–What's the Difference? | AMNH
NARRATOR: –in the dinosaur family tree, each containing popular dinosaurs–. [Visitors pass beneath a towering fossil display of an Apatosaurus.] NARRATOR: –you might know. [The footage of the Museum halls is replaced by an animated graphic. First, the text “Ornithischians” appears, with images of a Triceratops fossil, a model of an ...
Dinosaur Naming Conventions - American Museum of Natural …
In 1841, Richard Owen, the first director of London’s Natural History Museum, gave the name dinosaurs to these giant prehistoric reptiles. The word dinosaur is from the Greek deinos (terrible) and sauros (lizard). Some dinosaur names are short; others are tongue twisters. Common Roots Found in Dinosaur Names. Word.
Sauropods Guide: Apatosaurus, Diplodocus and More | AMNH
2018年8月13日 · This 13-ton (12,000 kg) herbivore presumably used its pencil-shaped teeth for nipping or stripping leaves or needles from trees. This sauropod species also happens to have a particularly long history at the Museum. A Diplodocus fossil was the first dinosaur fossil ever excavated by Museum paleontologists, in 1897, at Como Bluff, Wyoming.
Dinosaur Eggs - American Museum of Natural History
All dinosaurs hatch from eggs, including extinct dinosaurs and modern birds; as do crocodiles, the living group most closely related to dinosaurs. Until the 1980s, discoveries of fossilized eggs and bones of young dinosaurs were extremely rare, but dinosaur eggs have now been discovered on several continents, and fossils of hatchlings ...
Dinosaur Bones - American Museum of Natural History
Fossils are excavated from many environments, including ancient riverbeds and lakes, caves, volcanic ash falls, and tar pits. Fossils are classified as either body fossils or trace fossils. Body fossils were parts of the organism, such as bones or teeth. Trace fossils are all other types of fossils, including foot impressions, burrows, and dung.
What Is a Dinosaur? Learning Activity for Kids | AMNH
Activity for Grades K - 4. Dinosaurs are prehistoric reptiles that have lived on Earth from about 228 million years ago to the present. Modern birds are one kind of dinosaur because they share a common ancestor with non-avian dinosaurs. Non-avian dinosaurs (all dinosaurs besides birds), which are now extinct, varied greatly in shape and size.
Paleontology for Kids: OLogy | AMNH
Learn about fossils, extremely rare—and valuable—records of the past. Visit OLogy, the Museum's science website for kids, to find free dinosaur games and activities. Learn how to draw what a dinosaur looked like, match eight dinosaur fossil photos with their descriptions, reconstruct and identify a fossil skeleton, and much more!
Birds = Dinosaurs, and Other Survivors of K-T Extinction | AMNH
Birds: Birds are the only dinosaurs to survive the mass extinction event 65 million years ago. Frogs & Salamanders: These seemingly delicate amphibians survived the extinction that wiped out larger animals. Lizards: These reptiles, distant relatives of dinosaurs, survived the extinction. Mammals: After the extinction, mammals came to dominate ...