Thursday, January 29, 2009

THE MESOZOIC ERA AND THE AGE OF DINOSAURS


dinosaurs dominated our earth for ever 165 million years during what was known as the Mesozoic Era.even though dinosaurs went extinct some 65 million years ago,we are still fascinated by this huge creatures.And why wouldn't we be?after all dinosaurs dominated our earth for over 165 million years during what was known as the mesozoic era.There were many types of dinosaurs,some that walked on four legs,some that could do both.some were armour-plated ,some had horns,crests,spikes or frills.yet others had feathers ,bumpy skins etc.
while a lot of dinosaurs were plant-eaters like the triceratops some were carnivores like that T.Rex and what is more dinosaurs were retails most of them hatching from eggs.today dinosaurs most likely live on in the form of birds say researchers who have been tracking Dino fossils find are UN earthed ever so often.in fact though the fossils were known to exist since 1818.the term dinosaur meaning a terrifying lizard was only coined by English anatomist sir Richard Owen in 1842.all in all there are about 500described dinosaur genera and many mreo species.The crocodile man eater chasmatosaurus may have been the dinosaur's ancestor.

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