Dino Records

Dino Records — page 5 — ARE YOU READY TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME GET READY FOR AN ADVENTURE OF PREHISTORIC PROPORTIONS You probably already know that dinosaurs are some of the biggest most diverse and coolest looking creatures ever to have inhabited the planet But did you also know that dinos didn't start out that way About 270 million years ago our planet had just one giant landmass called Pangaea instead of the seven continents we have today Over tens of millions of years as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates broke up Pangaea into smaller pieces with different climates and landscapes dinosaurs evolved into record breaking species of all shapes and sizes complete with the amazing armor spikes sails horns plates frills and other awesomely impressive attributes we recognize today in books in movies and lurking on toy store shelves In National Geographic Kids Dino Records you'll meet not only the biggest smallest deadliest and weirdest dinos but also the winners for most famous most peculiar posterior and most magical name You'll find fantastic firsts from the first dinos on Earth to the first dinos in space And you'll meet other rad record breaking creatures that lived before after and alongside dinosaurs Did you know that the largest sea turtle and the largest flying animal both now extinct shared the planet with dinosaurs Distant relatives of crocs and sharks did too and some managed to survive the event that doomed the dinos Mammals no big ger than a dog when dinos roamed eventually evolved after the extinc tion into massive creatures including the biggest land mammal that ever lived Turn the page to stomp swim and soar back time in

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Dino Records — page 7 — TIMELINE THE AGE OF DINOSAURS Dinosaurs roamed the Earth during a time known as the Mesozoic era which spanned approximately 251 to 65 mil lion years ago or mya Scientists divide the Mesozoic era into three periods the Triassic the Jurassic and the Cretaceous Dinosaurs first appeared during the Triassic period eventually becoming the dominant animals on land Dinos ruled from the start of the Jurassic period until the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period which wiped out about three quarters of the species on Earth ISANOSAURUS TRIASSIC 251 200 MYA First appearance of dinosaurs pterosaurs turtles flies bony fish and mammals Dinos included Eoraptor Herrerasaurus Isanosaurus Coelophysis Plateosaurus and

Dino Records — page 8 — JURASSIC 200 145 MYA First appearance of salamanders hermit crabs true lizards blood sucking insects and birds Dinos included Allosaurus Compsognathus Archaeopteryx Brachiosaurus Stegosaurus and Diplodocus STEGOSAURUS CRETACEOUS 145 65 MYA TYRANNOSAURUS REX First appearance of flowering plants bees ants snakes and termites Dinos included Spinosaurus Triceratops Ankylosaurus Corythosaurus Microraptor Argentinosaurus Velociraptor Maiasaura Pachycephalosaurus Troodon Tyrannosaurus and

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