Dinosaur Basics
What is a dinosaur? When and where did dinosaurs live? And why are they called "dinosaurs" in the first place?
The Three Ages of Dinosaurs: The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
What does it mean to say that a dinosaur lived in the Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous period? Here's a description of these three stretches of time, and the plants, animals, climate and geologic features that set them apart.
What does it mean to say that a dinosaur lived in the Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous period? Here's a description of these three stretches of time, and the plants, animals, climate and geologic features that set them apart.
How Smart Were Dinosaurs?
Did all dinosaurs have a brain the size of a walnut? Here's a look at modern views of dino intelligence.
Did all dinosaurs have a brain the size of a walnut? Here's a look at modern views of dino intelligence.
What Is a Dinosaur?
The scientific definition of what constitutes a "dinosaur" is a lot more involved than you might think. Here's a brief explanation.
The scientific definition of what constitutes a "dinosaur" is a lot more involved than you might think. Here's a brief explanation.
How to Translate Dinosaur Names: Greek Words Used to Name Dinosaurs
Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish a Micropachycephalosaurus from a Brachytrachelopan, especially if you don't happen to know Greek. Here's a list of the Greek words most commonly used to name dinosaurs, along with their English equivalents.
Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish a Micropachycephalosaurus from a Brachytrachelopan, especially if you don't happen to know Greek. Here's a list of the Greek words most commonly used to name dinosaurs, along with their English equivalents.
Dino Timeline
A dinosaur timeline, for kids.
A dinosaur timeline, for kids.
A Detailed Definition of Dinosaurs
A list of the anatomical traits that distinguish dinosaurs from other primitive lizards.
A list of the anatomical traits that distinguish dinosaurs from other primitive lizards.
What Did Dinosaurs Look Like?
Did dinosaurs have scaly, smooth, or colored skin? And did they look like fearsome lizards, or giant, goofy birds?
Did dinosaurs have scaly, smooth, or colored skin? And did they look like fearsome lizards, or giant, goofy birds?
How Fast Could Dinosaurs Run?
Were dinosaurs slow, lumbering oafs, or speedy menaces? Here's what we know today about dinosaur locomotion.
Were dinosaurs slow, lumbering oafs, or speedy menaces? Here's what we know today about dinosaur locomotion.