What is the Age of the Dinosaurs? How would one understand dinosaurs without having a concept of time? To understand how a species of dinosaur fitted into the greater scheme of things it is important to know when it lived. Yet estimates of ‘Deep Time’, spanning millions of years, are frequently bandied about, making it […]
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Largest Dinosaur Eggs Ever Discovered
Up to 40 of the World’s Largest Dinosaur Eggs Were Discovered The largest dinosaur eggs in the world have been discovered in Russia. That is the claim made by scientists based at the Chechen State University, in the Chechnya republic. The cluster of fossils was found in a mountainside during the process of blasting through […]
An Early Decline of the Dinosaurs
How the Decline of the Dinosaurs Occurred is a Mystery The cause of extinction for the non-avian dinosaurs remains a mystery. Yes, there are many theories about this, and palaeontologists have whittled them down to a few, e.g. an asteroid striking the Earth, huge volcanic eruptions, changes in sea level and climate change; yet how […]
Pachycephalosaur Head Butting In The News
Pachycephalosaur Head Butting is a Well Rumored Theory Pachycephalosaurus. A thick-skulled dinosaur with a head shaped like a dome. Could the purpose of such a dome be to butt heads with an opponent? Bighorn sheep indulge in such behavior nowadays, but did these dinosaurs ever do so? This question may seem trivial, but it has […]
Dinosaurs Unearthed, a Dinosaur Vacation Destination
Dinosaurs Unearthed Showcases at the Connecticut Science Center Inhabitants of Hartford may have been puzzled by the recent arrival of a new feature along Columbus Boulevard. If you have not seen it yet, take a drive down to the corner of Grove and Columbus, where an animated dinosaur will greet you. The life-size model is […]
Was It Just An Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs?
The Asteroid that “Killed the Dinosaurs” was 6 Miles Wide When your time is up, your time is up. For the dinosaurs the end came in the form of an asteroid, 65.5 million years ago. With a diameter of 10 km (6 miles), the asteroid created a crater 180 km (110 miles) wide off the […]