1. Rowan University: Fossil Park
Elizabeth Reuter

2. Dino…what?
The name dinosaur comes from the term Dinosauria, which means terrible lizards.

3. What is a Paleontologist?
This is a scientist who studies fossils
They are mostly linked with dinosaurs, or really any animal from the Mesozoic era.

4. Mesozoic Era Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago.
The Mesozoic era lasted about 180 million years.
It is divided into 3 different time periods:
The Triassic
The Jurassic
The Cretaceous

5. The Triassic
The Triassic period occurred between 251 million years and 190 million years ago.
Some popular dinosaurs from the late Triassic are
Coelophysis
Eoraptor
Plateosaurus
The Triassic was generally very dry over much of Pangaea with very hot summers and cold winters in the continental interior

6. The Jurassic This is the most popular time period of the dinosaurs.
It occurred from million years to million years ago.
In this period, the supercontinent of Pangea split apart.
Some popular dinosaurs form this period:
Ceratosaurus
Stegasaurus
Diploducus
Allosaurus
The warm, humid climate allowed lush jungles to cover much of the landscape.

7. The Cretaceous
This lasted from million years to 65.5 million years ago.
Dinosaurs in the Cretaceous are the most known.
Some popular dinosaurs you may know:
Tyrannosaurus-Rex
Corythosaurus
Parasaurlophus
Triceratops
Carnotaurus
Gallimimus
Velociraptor
A relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas.

8. Types of dinosaur diets
Herbivores
Eats nothing but plants
Carnivores
Eats nothing but meat
Omnivores
Eats both, but are usually known as egg thief's.

9. Sauropods
Sauropods
Long necks
Long tail
Walked on all 4 legs

10. Fossils Found at the dig site
Snails
Brachiopods
Bryozoan colonies
Shark teeth
Boney fish
Marine Crocodiles
Mosasaurs

11. Different work stations
Excavation
Cleaning
Prep
Identification

12. Digging around/up spots that has fossils
excavation
Digging around/up spots that has fossils

13. Specific tools are used, so the fossil doesn’t break, or get damaged.
cleaning
Cleaning fossils is done in a lab, or in the tent that’s set up in the field.
Specific tools are used, so the fossil doesn’t break, or get damaged.

14. Prep stands for preparing
Scientists prepare the fossils to be shipped to the lab to be examined and identified.

15. This usually happens in the lab.
Identification
This usually happens in the lab.
Scientists use 3D imagery to see, and identify each bone, and ultimately give a name to whom the fossil belonged to.

16. How did the dinosaurs end up in the ground?
Climate change?
Earthquake?
Asteroid?
Tidal wave?
Volcanic eruption?

17. CLIMATE CHANGE! This ultimately affected their food supply.

18. Dinosaur Hoaxs Dinosaurs can fly Dinosaurs can swim
They all had scales
T-Rex was the largest carnivore.

19. Who was the largest carnivore?

20. Spinosaurus!

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