Dinosaur Bone (70 mill. years old)
(This is in the Fossils box)
Can you answer the questions below by spinning this image and using the extra pictures?
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Questions
1. Where was this bone found and from what period was it from?
2. This fossil is 70 million years old. What famous event happened 5 million years after that led to the extinction of the Dinosaurs? (TIP: You might need google for this).
3. Why do you think it is often difficult for Paleontologists to work out the type of Dinosaur that a bone comes from?
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1. Where was this bone found and from what period was it from?
ANSWER: Kem Kem in Africa.
2. This fossil is 70 million years old. What famous event happened 5 million years after that led to the extinction of the Dinosaurs? (TIP: You might need google for this).
ANSWER: An asteroid hit the Earth and wiped them out.
3. Why do you think it is often difficult for Paleontologists to work out the type of Dinosaur that a bone comes from?
ANSWER: Sometimes they are found in ‘fragments’ or on their own which means they can’t be matched to a particular animal.