Dinosaurs were extinct before humans even walked the Earth – apart from Miranda’s prehistoric pals in Dinosaur World Live of course! – so how do we know so much about them?
Fossils are dinosaur remains that help us understand what these amazing creatures were like back in the time when they roamed the planet. Information can be gathered from sources such as old bones, footprints, stomach stones, eggs and even feces! These are all considered fossils.
Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent of Earth, including Antarctica but most of the dinosaur fossils and the greatest variety of species have been found high in the deserts and badlands of North America, China and Argentina.
Western North America has been one of the greatest sources of dinosaur fossil finds. Paleontologists like Miranda’s parents still routinely pull complete skeletons from digs in the Western United States, from Texas to Montana. A layer of rock below the Earth called the Morrison formation is the most productive source of these fossils on the continent, and is where most of the popular dinosaurs, such as Stegosaurus and Brontosaurus were first found, according to the National Geographic Society.
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