Dinosaurs Around the World
Understand that different dinosaurs lived on different continents and that fossil discoveries around the world show dinosaurs were a global phenomenon, with some species found only in certain regions
What a learner can do afterwards
- State that dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent including Antarctica
- Name at least one dinosaur discovery location (e.g. T. rex in North America, Velociraptor in Mongolia)
- Suggest a reason why the same type of dinosaur is sometimes found on continents now far apart
1 · Read
Dinosaurs did not live in just one place. Long ago, they roamed all over Earth, and today scientists dig up their fossils on every single continent, even freezing Antarctica.
In North America, scientists dug up bones of the fierce Tyrannosaurus rex. On the other side of the world, in Mongolia, they found the fast, feathered Velociraptor. Huge dinosaur bones have also been found in Argentina, in South America.
Sometimes the very same kind of dinosaur turns up on continents that are now far apart, like South America and Africa. That is because those continents used to be joined together as one giant piece of land, and slowly drifted apart over millions of years.
Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent, and where a fossil turns up can tell us how the continents used to fit together.
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Where in the world did dinosaurs live?
Dino bones rest on all lands. Diggers found them on each shore. Cold south lands hold them too. Ice veiled them long.
Famed finds dot the map. Horned skulls in North America. Swift hunters in Mongolia. Each rock land tells tales.
How do we know where to look for dinosaur fossils?
Dino bones hide in laid rocks. These rocks formed from old mud and sand. Wind and rain strip them bare. Diggers roam these bare flats.
Old maps steer the hunt. Past finds point the way. Where kin once lay, more may rest. Rocks keep lists.
Geography: Earth in Motion
Lands drift. Slow, slow, they roam. Long ago shores hugged tight. Dinos ranged one broad home.
Then lands broke apart. Seas spread wide. Same kin split far. That is why kin bones rest on far shores.
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