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present my own findings. After working for months with DMNS scientists to move and organize collections, micropick and sort fossils, study osteology, dig for mammal fossils from the Miocene in

My favorite period was the combination of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. These periods are referred to as the Mesozoic Era. I loved these eras in particular because these eras dealt with basically nothing but the dinosaurs. I have always been fascinated with dinosaurs, and the fact that such huge animals were just wiped off the face of the earth. After the 5th mass extinction, no dinosaurs survived. Dinosaurs were very unique creatures, and there has not been any like them since this

excellent. This job stands out from other scientific jobs because you can find new species and why it is important is it tells the past. Why we find these fossils is to find clues on what happened in the past. Some similar occupations are geoscientist, geographer and hydrologist. These occupations are similar because they are finding fossils and the past.

The Mississippian Time Period The Mississippian time period was the period that a lot of amphibians and lizard like creatures were formed which was major to leading up to the jurassic and triassic witch when thing got bigger which was the effect of leading to those I this time period was to 359.9 to 323.2 million years ago. It was later than the jurassic and triassic period so the thing in this time period were little not as big as the up coming periods and eras. In this period the Gondwana was

origin of flight in birds we first need to discuss the origin of feathers. There are many theories of the origin of feathers but paleontologists and other scientists don’t have a clear answer to where it began. The earliest known fossils of feathers were the same fossils as mentioned above. Archaeopteryx, Sinosauropteryx, and many other theropod dinosaurs had feathers. Many scientists suggest that feathers were not the primary function of flight in birds. Prum and Brush (2002) suggests, “The model

The Triassic Period was the first period of the Mesozoic Era. A lot happened to Earth and its life-forms during the Triassic but the most celebrated event was the evolution of dinosaurs. The Triassic Period was the first period of the Mesozoic Era, and ran from 248 to 200 million years ago.Scientists first began studying dinosaurs during the 1820s, when they discovered the bones of a large land reptile buried in the English countryside. In 1842, Sir Richard Owen, first made the term “dinosaur.” Owen

Brachiosaurus The Brachiosaurus was at one time considered the largest dinosaur in existence, however even now that this theory has been proved wrong. We will continue to visit museums and look at the fossils of huge dinosaurs for years to come and wonder in awe how such a huge animal could have existed at one time millions of years ago. The Brachiosaurus lived during the middle to late Jurassic period, which took place approximately 156 to 145 million years ago (“Brachiosaurus,” 1996). During its

behind the transition. An evolutionary biologist, Amy Balanoff, believes the evidence of evolution shows transformation from a Tyrannosaurus rex to a pigeon. She used fossils along with a large comparative analysis of modern animals and a team of other

In the article “Skin Pathology in the Cretaceous: Evidence for Probable Failed Predation in a Dinosaur” written by Brice M. Rothschild and Robert Depalma, they report their findings on the observation of the skin of a duck billed dinosaur regarding its’ scaled pattern and forming of scar tissue (Rothschild and Depalma 2013). Rothschild and Depalma introduce the issue of dinosaur skin pathology through the finding of damaged dinosaur skin through Lingham-Soliar ‘s (2008) report on the damaged skin

Human beans have always been the most interesting creatures in this world. From how our minds work and how we got all of this physicals parts that makes us up. How we slowly evolve from time to time because of the environment we were put in. It shapes humans dramatically in a positive or negative way. But the real question here is how did we started off from who we are now. Natural selection happens when an organism has a better adaptation to its environment and is able to pass on its offspring