The Ancient Lands Was there once a turtle with claws three feet one meter long That’s what scientists thought when they discovered these fossils They named it Therizinosaurus the scythe lizard Then more fossils were found Scientists thought they were dealing with a sea creature but the truth was different This was megafauna that lived on land It was a dinosaur that was over 25 feet 7 6 meters long and weighed more than 10,000 pounds 4,536 kilograms This fossilized Therizinosaurus egg is about 70 million years old 4
Don’t Eat Me Therizinosaurus had a small head and teeth just right for eating plants It didn’t use its long claws to catch prey Instead Therizinosaurus used its claws to fight back when other animals tried to eat it 5
Creatures lived on land long ago when there was only one continent named Pangaea It had one sea around it named Panthalassa As time passed the land moved and broke apart to form the seven continents that we know today The bodies of water around these continents have been given five different names depending on where they are located 6
Pangaea Asia Europe Europe Europe NorthNorth North North America America America America Africa South America Antarctica Panthalassa Australia From One Ocean to Five The Pacific Ocean the Atlantic Ocean the Arctic Ocean and the Indian Ocean are the oldest named oceans In 2000 the Southern Ocean circling Antarctica was named by the International Hydrographic Organization The World Today Arctic Ocean North America Europe Europe Europe Asia Atlantic Ocean South America Africa Southern Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Australia Antarctica 7
