BETA
Chapter 1
The giants of the Jurassic West
Chapter 2
The tyrants of the Cretaceous coast
Chapter 3
The bizarre beasts of the East
Chapter 4
The bone wars and the fossil rush
YOUR GOAL
Master of Dinosaurs of ancient America
Ch 4 · The bone wars and the fossil rush
artiteacher Piece together fossil skeletons to discover which massive dinosaurs once roamed ancient America.
artiteacher The Bone Wars
Bone Wars, Bone Wars! Rivals dug for glory! Found so many new dino stories!
artiteacher In his rush to beat his rival, one scientist put the wrong head on a giant dinosaur body.
artiteacher A remote ridge in Wyoming became the ultimate battleground for the world's greatest dinosaur rush.
Fun Fact
Bone Wars destruction: During the Bone Wars, rival digging teams sometimes used dynamite to blow up fossil sites to keep them from falling into enemy hands.
Glossary
fossil (noun)
The preserved remnant, impression, or trace of an organism from a past geologic age. In the late 1800s, Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh fiercely competed to excavate these specimens.
The preserved remnant, impression, or trace of an organism from a past geologic age. In the late 1800s, Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh fiercely competed to excavate these specimens.
Quiz
Which Wyoming site became famous in 1877 as a major battleground for fossil hunters?
Quiz
Approximately how many new dinosaur species did Cope and Marsh discover during their feud?
Quiz
What mistake did Othniel Charles Marsh make when reconstructing the first Brontosaurus?
Quiz
What extreme method did rival diggers sometimes use to prevent the other team from getting fossils?
Quiz
Before the American Bone Wars, which continent was the global center of dinosaur research?
Quiz
What was the name of the intense 19th-century paleontological rivalry between Cope and Marsh?
Quiz
Which dinosaur's head did Marsh mistakenly place on the body of his Brontosaurus?