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Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs, explaining how scientists find, preserve, and reassemble the giant dinosaur skeletons seen in museums.

Discusses how scientists, studying fossil remains, provide information on how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

An introduction to fossils: what they are, how they form, what different kinds there are, where they're found, and how scientists learn from them.

Explains how fossils are formed and what they tell us about the past.

Describes a 1997 discovery of the fossilized remains of a dinosaur nesting ground and what it told the fossil hunters of the habits and behavior of the dinosaurs that used it.

Describes how the fossil remains of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered by Susan Hendrickson in South Dakota.

"Discusses dinosaurs and what can be learned from their fossils"--Provided by publisher.

"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her find reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...

Butterflies are as light as a feather and as old as the dinosaurs. Wherever dinosaurs roamed, butterflies were not far behind. Long after the dinosaurs disappeared, butterflies are still bringing joy and beauty to our world.