Feathers, fluff, and fashion
The sound and the fury
The giants of the southern hemisphere
The survivors among us
artiteacher Sort Hollywood myths from fossil facts to discover what dinosaurs actually looked like.
artiteacher Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
Sky turned black, sun went down, birds kept the crown.
artiteacher While sharing an ancestor, dinosaurs have upright hips whereas pterosaurs have sprawling postures and fly using skin membranes on a single finger.
What anatomical feature distinguishes dinosaurs from pterosaurs and other reptiles?
artiteacher Fossils show these ocean predators evolved from land lizards and swallowed prey whole.
What unique jaw feature did Mosasaurs share with modern snakes to help them eat large prey?
Which modern group of animals is most closely related to the extinct marine reptile Mosasaurus?
Bird brains: Bird brains are actually highly modified dinosaur brains, scaled down and reorganized for flight and complex sensory processing.
True or false: A modern chicken is more closely related to a Tyrannosaurus rex than a T. rex was to a Stegosaurus.
Which specific group of dinosaurs survived the mass extinction to become modern birds?
An extinct primitive bird of the Jurassic period that had teeth, clawed wings, and a long bony tail. This pivotal transitional species lived 150 million years ago in what is now Bavaria, Germany.
What is the name of the massive volcanic region in modern India that contributed to the dinosaurs' extinction?
Where is the Chicxulub crater, the impact site of the asteroid that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, located?