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FORMED DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS FROM THE ,ATE 4RIASSIC TO THE #().$%3!5253 ,ENGTH FT M
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UNKNOWN NUMBER OF DINOSAUR SPECIES LIVED ON THE CONTINENT S
ways. The main maps show major fossil Triassic pEriod siTE GlaciEr -EANING hHELMET LIZARDv -EANING hTHICK HEADED LIZARDv
KEY
SLOWLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND SO FAR PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED
locations and list some of the prehistoric
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animals found there. In the pages that follow,
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SEVERAL SPECIES SUCH AS 5ZSBOOPTBVSVT %JQMPEPDVT AND 4UFHPTBVSVT ARE FormaTion provincE
further information is given for both the
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locations and the animals. Finally, if you want 0RONUNCIATION CHIN DE SORE US
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to find out more about dinosaurs and what Color key—the three Map syMbols show the
divisions of the Mesozoic Era
happened to them, you can turn to the #/%,/0(93)3 location of fossil sites and ,ENGTH FT M
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section at the end of the book. see at a glance which period 0RONUNCIATION SEH RAT OH SORE US ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
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corresponding to the continents
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LOCATIONS IN .ORTH !MERICA 4HEY ARE FOUND IN THE WESTERN
(Australia and Antarctica are INTERIOR THE SOUTHWEST AND THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN ROCKS THAT -EANING hHOLLOW FORMv
FORMED DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS FROM THE ,ATE 4RIASSIC TO THE
treated as one). An opening 'PPUQSJOUT END OF THE #RETACEOUS 4HROUGHOUT THESE MILLION YEARS AN #().$%3!5253 ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
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map locates finds, and there are ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS 4HEY BELONG TO ALL THE MAJOR DINOSAUR GROUPS AND '/*)2!3!5253 $%)./.9#(53 4%./.4/3!5253
SLOWLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND SO FAR PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED
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SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN DINOSAURS IN THE WORLD
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other prehistoric animals. -EANING h#HINDE LIZARDv 0RONUNCIATION DI PLOH DO KUS ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
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0RONUNCIATION SEH RAT OH SORE US
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0RONUNCIATION DIE NON I KUS
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fossil locations, and prehistoric 0RONUNCIATION DI PLOH DO KUS ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
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animals featured within the section (%,, #2%%+ $)./3!52 02/6).#)!, 0!2+ ,ENGTH FT M 34%'/3!5253 %$-/.4/3!5253 42//$/.
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DINOSAUR LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN
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!RIZONA
DINOSAURS FOUND THERE
.EW -EXICO
&/2-!4)/. &ORMED DURING THE *URASSIC 0ERIOD 0RONUNCIATION ED MON TOH SORE US 0RONUNCIATION TROO OH DON
THIS VAST AREA OF SANDSTONE
5TAH MUDSTONE AND LIMESTONE IS ,ENGTH FT M -EANING h%DMONTON LIZARDv -EANING hWOUNDING TOOTHv
FAMOUS FOR ITS MANY DINOSAURS
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0RONUNCIATION
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2IVER 4EXAS ARE TRACKS LEFT
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BY DINOSAURS AS THEY WALKED
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0RONUNCIATION
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SEN TROH SORE RUS
SEA MILLION YEARS AGO
.EW -EXICO -EANING hPOINTED LIZARDv -EANING hOF 'ASTONv AFTER 2OBERT 'ASTON ITS FINDER -EANING h5TAH PLUNDERERv
&ORMED DURING THE *URASSIC 0ERIOD
Color-Coded silhouettes on the US_24_25_NORTH_AMERICA.indd 24-25 THIS VAST AREA OF SANDSTONE 18/3/06 5:16:53 PM
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map locate where prehistoric MUDSTONE AND LIMESTONE IS 9 profile boxes show the prehistoric
FAMOUS FOR ITS MANY DINOSAURS
animals have been found—the shown to sCale within the profile boxes animals featured within the section,
8 in
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6 ft
numbers correspond with the are silhouettes of prehistoric animals in -/5.4 4/- 'PPUQSJOUT and include information on the size ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
0RONUNCIATION TIE RAN OH SORE US
(1.8 m)
0RONUNCIATION
silhouettes in the profile list comparison to human dimensions 5.)4%$ 34!4%3 -ASSACHUSETTS (20 cm) of the animal, a pronunciation 0RONUNCIATION YOU OP LOH SEF AH LUS -EANING hTYRANT LIZARDv
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artwork scenes . ./24( !-%2)#! (%,, #2%%+ scientific name '!34/.)! 54!(2!04/2
In each of the six main sections, (ELL #REEK $SPPLFE $SFFL #BZ "ARNUM "ROWN "ARNUM "ROWN n BEGAN (%,, #2%%+ 6%'%4!4)/. #%.42/3!5253
3IXTY FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO (ELL #REEK
WORK AT 4HE !MERICAN -USEUM
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WAS A WOODLAND LANDSCAPE 4REES FROM
MAGNOLIA AND PALM FAMILIES GREW IN
!3 4(% -)33/52) 2)6%2 FLOWS THROUGH THE EAST OF -ONTANA IT CUTS 'PSU 1FDL -BLF 1FUFSTPO )FMM $SFFL #BZ OF .ATURAL (ISTORY .EW 9ORK #ITY THE CONIFER LAUREL SYCAMORE BEECH faCt boxes
IN )N HE WAS SHOWN
there is an artwork scene. This INTO A SERIES OF ANCIENT ROCKS KNOWN AS THE (ELL #REEK &ORMATION PHOTOGRAPHS OF DINOSAUR BONES IN THE MOIST HUMID CLIMATE -OSSES throughout the book
1PJOU
-ONTANA 4HE FOLLOWING YEAR HE LED
GREW ON THE GROUND AS DID FERNS
4HE DEEP LAYERS OF SANDSTONE SILTSTONE AND MUDSTONE WERE FORMED
-%8)#/
4HERE WAS NO GRASS HOWEVER
)N THE RIVERBED OF THE 0ALUXY
THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO THE REGION
DURING THE ,ATE #RETACEOUS 0ERIOD ABOUT MILLION YEARS AGO
(ELL #REEK
shows both dinosaurs and other !T THAT TIME THE AREA WAS A LOW LYING FLOODPLAIN CROSSED BY - / . 4 ! . ! AND DISCOVERED THE PARTIAL SKELETON provide additional
&ORMATION
OF A NEW SPECIES OF LARGE MEAT EATING
DINOSAUR )N "ROWN S DINOSAUR
RIVERS LYING ALONG THE COAST OF A NOW VANISHED SEA -ANY
2IVER 4EXAS ARE TRACKS LEFT
SPECIES OF DINOSAUR AND OTHER ANIMALS LIVED AND DIED HERE
WAS NAMED 5ZSBOOPTBVSVT SFY
animals of interest. It also shows ,OCKED WITHIN THE ROCKS OF THE (ELL #REEK &ORMATION IS ONE OF 3)4% ,/#!4)/. "2/!$ ,%!6%$ 42%%3 information on the topic ,ENGTH FT M
GREW FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE WORLD S MAJOR DINOSAUR GRAVEYARDS )T WAS HERE IN
WITH OTHER NOTABLE DISCOVERIES BY DINOSAURS AS THEY WALKED
DURING THIS PERIOD
THAT THE FIRST 5ZSBOOPTBVSVT SFY SPECIMEN WAS FOUND ALONG
(ELL #REEK IS A VAST ARID REGION IN THE
EASTERN PART OF -ONTANA
the environment and what it may ALONG THE SHORE OF AN ANCIENT 4%%4( -!2+3 HAVE BEEN 0RONUNCIATION ,ENGTH FT M ,ENGTH FT M
FOUND IN THE BONES OF MANY
DINOSAURS THAT INHABITED
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(ELL #REEK
have been like at a certain time 4HE CREEK TEEMED WITH SMALL AGILE SEA MILLION YEARS AGO 3LOW MOVING &ENPOUPTBVSVT WAS A SEN TROH SORE RUS 0RONUNCIATION GAS TONE EE A 0RONUNCIATION YOO TAH RAP TOR
HADROSAUR OR DUCK BILLED DINOSAUR
42//$/.
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-EANING hOF 'ASTONv AFTER 2OBERT 'ASTON ITS FINDER
-ANY DUCKBILLS LIVED IN (ELL #REEK
AREA S MOST ABUNDANT DINOSAURS 5SJDFSBUPQT
DINOSAURS SUCH AS 5SPPEPO !RMED WITH #ERATOPSIANS HORNED DINOSAURS WERE THE FEEDING ON THE AMPLE SUPPLY OF PLANTS -EANING hPOINTED LIZARDv -EANING h5TAH PLUNDERERv
in prehistory. KEEN EYESIGHT AND SHARP GRASPING WAS THE LARGEST MEMBER OF THE GROUP
CLAWS THEY WERE EFFICIENT HUNTERS
hell creek toDay
The soft rocks of Hell Creek have
been steadily eroded by the actions
of wind, water, and ice, wearing them
into the deep canyons and ravines
introduCtion outlines that characterize the area today.
Known as “badlands,” (because the
the scene’s geographical %$-/.4/.)! terrain is bad land to cross over) the
! MEMBER OF THE ANKYLOSAUR
FAMILY &ENPOUPOJB WAS AN dinosaur-bearing rocks lie in thick,
location and the animals
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24_25_NORTH_AMERICA.indd 24-25 ARMORED HERBIVORE WHOSE (%,/0!./0,)! horizontal layers. The oldest are at the 18/3/06 5:16:53 PM
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BODY WAS COVERED IN BONY
3EVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS
PLATES AND SPIKES
OF TURTLE LIVED IN THE bottom, and the youngest at the top.
that lived there RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT
CROSSED THE FLOODPLAIN
4HEY WERE A GOOD
SOURCE OF FOOD FOR THE
PREDATORS OF THE CREEK
today’s landsCape information
(%,, #2%%+ 4/$!9
"2!#(9#(!-03! 4HE SOFT ROCKS OF (ELL #REEK HAVE
BEEN STEADILY ERODED BY THE ACTIONS
,ATE #RETACEOUS CROCODILES LAY IN OF WIND WATER AND ICE WEARING THEM 492!../3!5253 box helps the reader to compare
WAIT FOR THEIR PREY JUST AS THEIR INTO THE DEEP CANYONS AND RAVINES 4HIS WAS THE BIGGEST CARNIVORE
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DESCENDANTS DO TODAY THAT CHARACTERIZE THE AREA TODAY OF THE ,ATE #RETACEOUS AND 18/3/06 5:05:47 PM
')!.4 $2!'/.&,9 +NOWN AS hBADLANDS v BECAUSE THE THE TOP PREDATOR IN THE (ELL the present-day world with that
7INGED INSECTS SUCH AS TERRAIN IS BAD LAND TO CROSS OVER THE #REEK ENVIRONMENT
DINOSAUR BEARING ROCKS LIE IN THICK
DRAGONFLIES WITH IN (%,/0!./0,)!
CM WINGSPANS HAD A WIDE HORIZONTAL LAYERS 4HE OLDEST ARE AT THE
BUZZED THROUGH THE AIR FLAT SHELL BOTTOM AND THE YOUNGEST AT THE TOP of the dinosaurs, and note
any differences.
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