DID YOU KNOWthat birds are livingdinosaurs? Be adinosaur detective! Standin front of T. rex andlook for these clues thatshow how paleontologistsknow that birds anddinosaurs are related.
• Hole in the hipbone—where the leg attaches
• Three-toed foot
• Feathers
Watch the video in the Maniraptors cornernear the exit of the hall,and when you get outside,watch some walking pigeons!
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HALL OF SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS (“grasping hand dinosaurs”)
DID YOU KNOW that many dinosaurs were vegetarians? That’s right—they only ate plants—no meat! You can identify these dinosaurs bylooking at their teeth, which are long with round ends, notsharp like meat-eating dinosaurs.
Find these two vegetarian dinosaurs:
❏ Plateosaurus (plat-e-o-SO-rus)“broad reptile”
As you find eachdinosaur, draw its bones inside its body in the pictures above.
Fossils are wrappedin plaster bandages to make sure nothing is lost or broken.
Back at the Museumthey’re cleaned andstudied before they’reput on display.
Paleontologists use tools to find and dig out fossils. Look for these tools in the display case.
❏ Apatosaurus(ap-a-to-SO-rus)
“deceptive reptile”
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Paleontologistsremove the topof the fossil withgreat care.
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At the Museum, we clean the ROCK away from dinosaur FOSSILS with the same tools dentists use to clean your teeth.
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This guide was produced with supportfrom the Ilma Kern Foundation.Written and produced by Sharon Simpson • Project Team:Monica Philippo, Paisley Gregg, Ann Prewitt, Jay Holmes, Ed Heck and Eric Hamilton • Designed by Catherine Sanchez
Edmontonia(ed-mon-TO-ne-ah)
“from the Edmonton formation”
Stegosaurus(steg-o-SO-rus) “plated reptile”
Scientists compare the fossilized LEGS
and footprints of dinosaurs with living
animals to estimate how FAST
dinosaurs were able to run.
❏ A dinosaur that has a skull like a crash helmet?
Pachycephalosaurus(pak-e-SEF-ah-lo-so-rus) “thick-headed reptile” ❏ A dinosaur with three horns
and a frill on its head?
Triceratops (tri-SER-ah-tops) “three-horned face”
To Learn More About Dinosaurs, Visit “OLogy,”the Museum’s Special Site for Kids at
www.ology.amnh.org/paleontology
HALL OF ORNITHISCHIAN DINOSAURS (‘bird-hipped dinosaurs’)
Look for dinosaurs in this hall with body parts for protection and display. You can color these in at home.
Most DINOSAURS became
extinct 65 MILLION YEARS ago.
Can you find:❏ A dinosaur with a row of plates on
its back and spikes on its tail?
We ONLY know what the bonesof extinct dinosaurs LOOK like—the colors are just guesses.
❏ A dinosaur that looks like a tank?
All ORNITHISCHIAN dinosaurswere VEGETARIANS.