A presentation on dinosaurs

A presentation on dinosaurs by the Geological Society

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2. 4,600,000,000
years old!

3. Neogene
Paleogene
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Quaternary
Presentday
2.5
23
66
145
201
252
298
Millions of years ago
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian
358
419
443
485
541
4600
First dinosaurs245 Ma
201 Ma
Extinction of dinosaurs66 Ma
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Triassic
Eoraptor
Herrerasaurus
Lesothosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Megalosaurus
Stegosaurus
Iguanodon
Microraptor
Tyrannosaurus
Parasaurolophus
Triceratops
Velociraptor
Heterodontosaurus
Allosaurus
Baryonyx
Thecodontosaurus
Cenozoic
First modern birds
Archaeopteryx
0.5Ma First humans
55 Ma
Presentday
145 Ma
Ankylosauru
s
Spinosaurus
ParrotsPenguins Woodpeckers
Owls
Kingfishers
Kiwis
Flamingoes
Crows
Song birds
Coelophysis
Hawks
Chickens
150 Ma First bird-likedinosaurs

4. Sir Richard
Owen
Megalosaurus
Iguanodon
Hylaeosaurus
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6. SO WHAT IS A
DINOSAUR?
TETRAPODS Birds &
DinosaursCrocodiles
Pterosaurs
(EXTINCT)
Lizards &
Snakes

7. Dinosaur
Legs under body
CrocodileLizard
Legs sprawled
Foot
bones
(off the
ground)
Toe
bones
Ankle
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Hard
shelled
eggs in
nest

8. Photograph: Robin Cox/BBC
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Diplodocus
Brachiosaurus

9. DiplodocusCamarasaurus
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Natural History
Museum
© 2012 PaleoGallery
400kg
per
day!
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10. Stegosaur
Triceratops
Hadrosaur
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Pachycephalosaur
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Ankylosaur
Iguanodon
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Tamura
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Tamura
Maidmentet al. 2015 PLoSONE Wikimedia/Tim Evanson
Sophie the
Stegosaurus

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Parasaurolophus
Edmontonosaurus
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History

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Horns
Armoured
plates
Clubbed
tail

14. Neck frill
Horns
Styracosaurus
Triceratops
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15. Tyrannosaurus rex
Claws
Good eye sight
Sharp
teeth
Strong legs
Strong jaw

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Large claws
Long neck
Small head
Weak
jaw
Large
stomach
Spinosaurus
Therizinosaurus

17. ©Jim Robins/ University of Bristol
Microraptor
Sinosauropteryx
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Hone DWE, TischlingerH, Xu X, Zhang F (2010) PloSOne

18. Archaeopteryx

20. Who came up with the name Dinosaur?
A: Mary Anning
B: William Buckland
C: Richard Owen
D: Charles Darwin

21. When did the first dinosaurs evolve?

22. Which of these dinosaurs was notan ornithischian
dinosaur?
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Tamura
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/ Nobu
Tamura
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23. What type of dinosaur is this?

24. How many years ago was the Jurassicperiod?

25. Which of these dinosaurs had a duck like beak?
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26. Which of these dinosaurs had
feathers?

27. Which group of dinosaurs evolved into birds?
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Bogdanov

28. Which one of these is nota characteristic of dinosaurs?

29. Which animal group did the dinosaurs belong to?

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Museum
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