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Page 1: Sharing the world Life on the edge – Lightning Ridge · Eoraptor This is one of the very first dinosaurs. How can you tell that it could move quickly? Sharing the world Dinosaurs

Eora

ptor

This

is on

e of

the

very

firs

t din

osau

rs.

How

can

you

tell

that

it c

ould

mov

e qu

ickl

y?

Shar

ing

the

wor

ldD

inos

aurs

shar

ed th

e w

orld

with

lots

of

diffe

rent

ani

mal

s and

so d

o w

e. C

an y

ou

find

any

preh

istor

ic c

reat

ures

whi

ch a

re

still

aliv

e no

w?

Mut

tabu

rras

auru

sSc

ient

ists t

hink

that

Mut

tabu

rras

auru

s m

ay h

ave

used

the

bum

p on

its n

ose

to

mak

e so

unds

.

Wha

t do

you

thin

k it

mig

ht h

ave

soun

ded

like?

Why

don

’t yo

u tr

y!

Giga

noto

saur

usLo

ok o

ut! G

igan

otos

auru

s was

the

larg

est

mea

t eat

er o

f all

– ev

en la

rger

than

T. r

ex.

But t

here

wer

e sm

all m

eat e

ater

s too

. C

an y

ou fi

nd o

ne?

Life

on

the

edge

Ligh

tnin

g Ri

dge

Wha

t wou

ld y

our l

ife h

ave

been

like

if y

ou

wer

e on

e of

thes

e di

nosa

urs a

t Lig

htni

ng

Rid

ge 1

10 m

illio

n ye

ars a

go?

Page 2: Sharing the world Life on the edge – Lightning Ridge · Eoraptor This is one of the very first dinosaurs. How can you tell that it could move quickly? Sharing the world Dinosaurs

We’r

e go

ing

on

a di

nosa

ur h

unt!

Are

yo

u r

ead

y fo

r an

ad

ven

ture

? A

re y

ou

fee

lin

g

bra

ve?

Then

let

’s g

o o

n a

din

osa

ur

hu

nt!

Follo

w th

e fo

otpr

ints

on

this

map

to v

isit s

ome

of th

e re

ally

sp

ecia

l tre

asur

es in

Din

osau

rs. Th

ere

are

ques

tions

at e

ach

stop

de

signe

d to

mak

e yo

u th

ink

and

talk

to e

ach

othe

r.

It m

ight

be

easie

st to

go

hunt

ing

in sm

all g

roup

s so

it do

esn’

t ge

t too

noi

sy a

nd c

row

ded

and

scar

e aw

ay th

e di

nosa

urs!

Joba

ria a

nd A

frov

enat

orSc

ient

ists h

ave

foun

d so

me

foss

il rib

s of a

bab

y Jo

baria

with

th

e to

oth

mar

ks o

f an

Afro

vena

tor o

n th

em. W

hat d

o yo

u th

ink

this

tells

us a

bout

thes

e di

nosa

urs?

Please stick together here

Life

cyc

les

Imag

ine

you

wer

e on

e of

the

baby

din

osau

rs in

the

nest.

W

hat m

ight

you

be

able

to se

e?

Wha

t are

foss

ils?

Now

her

e is

a tr

icky

que

stio

n fo

r all

you

dino

saur

hun

ters

: ca

n yo

u fin

d a

foss

il th

at is

not

from

a sk

elet

on?

Pred

ator

and

pre

y –

th

e W

into

n tr

ackw

ayO

h m

y go

odne

ss! W

hat h

appe

ned

here

? W

as th

ere

a di

nosa

ur h

unt a

long

, lon

g tim

e ag

o?

Livi

ng d

inos

aurs

Can

you

find

a m

oder

n-da

y di

nosa

ur?

Hin

t: lo

ok fo

r fea

ther

s!

Wat

ch o

ut fo

r tho

se d

inos

aurs

flyi

ng

over

you

r hea

d!


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