Jurassic Period The Jurassic period is the second of the three divisions of the Mesozoic era‚ "The Age of Reptiles." The Jurassic lasted for 64 million years‚ from about 208 to 144 million years ago. Climatic Changes: Widespread deposits of sand in western North America indicate that the region experienced a desert climate during the early Jurassic. Coral reefs and the remains of temperate and subtropical forests around the world provide evidence that the climate became moister and milder
Premium Dinosaur Reptile Cretaceous
Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtianstage of the Late Cretaceous Period‚ around 68 to 65 million years ago (Mya) in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[1] The term Triceratops‚ which literally means "three-horned face‚" is derived from the Greek τρί- (tri-) meaning "three"‚ κέρας (kéras) meaning "horn"‚ and ὤψ (ops) meaning "face".[2] Bearing
Premium Dinosaur Cretaceous Mammal
Tigers are descended from civet-like animals called niacis that lived during the age of the dinosaurs about 60 million years. These small mammals‚ with long bodies and short flexible limbs‚ evolved over millions of years into severalhundred different species‚ including cats‚ bears‚ dogs and weasels. About 37 cat species exist today. Tigers evolved in eastern Asia ‚ but it is not exact. Sabre-tooth tigers are not the ancestors of today’s tigers. In fact‚ sabre-tooth tigers belonged to a separate branch
Premium Cat Felidae Mammal
walk on Earth. They lived on every continent‚ including Antarctica. During the time of dinosaurs‚ the earth was a lot warmer and the Antarctic region had forests. They also thrived in a lot of various Mesozoic environments such as coastal swamps‚ forests and deserts. The dinosaurs from the Mesozoic period have
Premium Dinosaur Reptile Mammal
newspaper for all of New York so it has to be true and there are many article s on this website. 2/15/12 By: Anthony LaGioia The skull of a reptile called Shieldcroc that lived over 95 million years ago and was originally found in Morocco. It’s skull was five feet long. There doesn’t show a time about when the skull was uncovered but the reptile did live over 95 million years ago. Shieldcroc is the earliest African ancestor of the modern crocodile. Researchers believe that this reptile’s body
Premium Reptile Cretaceous Crocodile
GRADE 12 LIFE SCIENCES (new content framework) Exemplar Assignment: Evolution - evidence MAY 2011 MARKS: 70 TIME: 1 hour 10 minutes This assignment consists of 10 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer ALL the questions. Write ALL the answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Start EACH question on a NEW page. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used
Premium Evolution Paleontology Fossil
a company that breeds insects to feed to reptiles all around the world‚ created an advertisement promising virus-free crickets in response to a cricket paralysis virus that nearly wiped out the entire European cricket population ten years ago (“Clean Farm”). As someone who purchases crickets on a regular basis to feed to my three leopard geckos‚ this claim concerned me. Could the crickets I buy and feed to my babies be sick? Could they cause my reptiles to become ill? What do I really know about
Premium Cleanliness Typography The Reader
that I realized that my dad was right; my world was about to change. On the trip I was exposed to all sorts of reptiles. I was around poisonous frogs‚ lizards‚ and snakes‚ but I didn’t care‚ I was way too fascinated. Soon after‚ I became interested in the careers I could pursue with reptiles. My search to find a dream career ended when I learned about herpetology (study of reptiles). I found job opportunities for herpetologist at places such as‚ zoos‚ museums‚ veterinarian clinics‚ and wildlife
Premium Reptile Learning
five classes of vertebrates‚ the students should be able to: II. Learning Content III. Learning Procedure IV. Evaluation On a one whole sheet of pad paper‚ copy and answer the following: A. Fill in the table below. (15pts.) Fishes Birds Amphibians Reptiles Mammals V. Assignment A. In a short bond paper‚ write a twoparagraphed essay about chordates. Margin all the sides with red ink (1 inch in all the sides). Handwritten and cite references. (20pts.) Criteria: Content -10pts. Clarity - 5pts. Neatness
Premium Animal Reptile Mammal
The pterodactyl is the most well known member of the pterosaur family. The pterodactyl was a flying dinosaur that was a predator and carnivore. The pterodactyl was much like a raptor in today’s age. It ate fish and other small animals like small reptiles and other small mammals. The pterodactyl was alive during the late jurassic epoch. It lived on many different continents. It lived in Europe‚ Australia‚ North America‚ and Africa. The pterodactyl was one of the smaller members of the pterosaur family
Premium Dinosaur Paleontology Cretaceous