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Dinosaurs

Big teeth, three horns, long necks and small eggs: explore five learning pages about dinosaurs. Each explains what fossils tell us, step by step, and where questions remain.

Start here: Did all dinosaurs become extinct? →

Which dinosaur puzzle interests you?

Puschel and Flauschi study a reconstructed T. rex skull and a separate enlarged tooth cast in a museum.

What do T. rex teeth tell us?

T. rex's large serrated teeth and powerful jaws fit meat-eating and breaking tough food.

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Both Wusels look at the three facial horns and beak of a Triceratops model behind a museum barrier.

Why did Triceratops have three horns?

Triceratops had three conspicuous horns and a large neck frill. These may have mattered for defence or encounters with its own species.

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Puschel and Flauschi study a small Diplodocus model with a long neck, four legs and a long tail.

What were long necks useful for?

Many large plant-eating dinosaurs could use a long neck to reach food across a wide area without constantly moving the whole body. Different species did not necessarily use it alike.

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The Wusels study replica fossil eggs and a simplified cutaway egg model with a young animal inside.

How were baby dinosaurs born?

Dinosaurs laid eggs. Young developed inside and later hatched.

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Puschel and Flauschi use a magnifying glass to study a bone cast in a rock model at a museum station, beside other replicas.

How do we know so much about dinosaurs?

What did a dinosaur look like? Bones reveal body parts, teeth give clues about food and footprints about movement.

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