Argument 1 I believe that there may of been dinosaurs in my backyard because where my house sits at this time it was under water thousands of years ago so there would of been water type dinosaurs. When i go to the beach there are fossils from water dinosaurs in the rocks on the cliff face so that shows that there was dinosaurs in the area. because my house would have been under water there would be fossils like the ones on the beach. Any single person can go to the beach and see rocks that have bones
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Diplodocus is the longest and in fact the largest known to science terrestrial dinosaurs whose complete skeletons have ever been found. In appearance‚ it resembled a lizard brontosaurus‚ but Diplodocus differed from it by a thin S-shaped neck and a long tail with a thin shout end. The first remains of Diplodocus‚ in particular its tail and hind limb bones‚ were discovered in 1877 by Samuel Williston near the town of Canyon City‚ Colorado‚ USA. According to him‚ Otniel Charles Marsh described the
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Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates The new frontier for fossil discoveries is China. Here Scientist are able to take evidence for evolutionary theories. The fossil record contains many well-documented examples of the transition from one species into another‚ as well as the origin of new physical features. Evidence from the fossil record is unique‚ because it provides a time perspective for understanding the evolution of life on Earth. David Attenborough embarks on an epic 500-million-year
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Anthropology 2 Fall Semester Assignment #2 SITE #1 REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE Faunal Group B _________________Normal ______________________Normal Undefined faunal group Lacustrine Deposits Sands and silts (Fossil #1*) ____________________Reversed _________________Reversed Faunal Group B Lacustrine muds 2.95 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNormal xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNormal Riverine Gravels Sterile gravels ______________________Reversed Savanna-woodland
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Paleological evidence for homoeothermic tendencies in theropod dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Period Abstract Dinosaurs were considered to be cold blooded reptiles until several shocking discoveries and studies have changed the way that the general public has viewed them. Theropod dinosaurs have been selected to be analyzed because they have the strongest evidence pointing to warm blooded tendencies across the class. Carbon and oxygen isotopes in teeth enamel and physical fossilized data can be used
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225 million years ago‚ dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Raptors‚ such as the Velociraptor‚ made known by Jurassic Park‚ were one species of the many dinosaurs that roamed the Earth. Through many films‚ these creatures are portrayed as intelligent‚ savage beasts. However‚ studies may have proved these films wrong. They have shown that there are more types of raptors than the Velociraptor‚ different ways that they hunted their prey‚ and if and how they were able to communicate. Scientists have shown that
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His studies detailed the creation of “intermPioneers of Paleontology (Discovering Fossils) The word fossil is Latin‚ it means “dug up.” (1452-1519) Although Leonardo da Vinci stated in an unpublished notebook that he had found fossilized remains of shellfish; it wasn’t until 1667‚ that Nicholas Steno made a similar more public statement. He explained that the stone tooth shaped fragments he had found were from an ancient shark and had been fossilized by horizontal deposits of sediment. (Circa
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later a German meteorologist named‚ Alfred Wegener‚ fully developed the idea. In the early 1900’s‚ Wegner first proposed the theory of continental drift. He hypothesized that there was a giant super continent name Pangea‚ meaning “All-earth (Paleontology and Geology glossary‚ 1996).” During the Jurassic Period Pangea started to break apart. It then formed two smaller supercontinents called Laurasia and Gondwanaland. “Laurasia was the northern supercontinent‚ containing what is now North America
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or scar a person had would be passed on to their child.( 4 ) This is obviously not true‚ as in‚ a person who had lost a limb and conceived a child‚ said child would not have the same handicap. Evolution is shown through the following ways; paleontology‚ evolutionary biology‚ developmental biology‚ and physical anthropology. Paleontology is the study of fossils. ( 5 ) The study of fossils is helpful to know in understanding evolution‚ as it teaches us about our past‚ including common ancestors. Evolutionary biology deals with the study of changes in
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say that these animals have similar characteristics because they share common ancestors. There may be other explanations for similar traits but it is pretty safe to say that they share a common ancestor. (Biogeography) 2.) Paleontology or the study of fossils. Paleontology has revealed to us the great variety of organisms and the major lines of
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