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What are people that find fossils caled?
Paleontologists study prehistoric animal and plant life remains found in fossils.
How do we find out about dinosaurs these days?
Mainly by studying dinosaur fossils.
Where are dinosaur fossils found in Arizona?
Fossils can be found all over Arizona. The link gives a full breakdown of wear to find fossils
Who finds dinosaurs fossils?
Most often it is a paleontologist who finds dinosaur fossils. However, anyone can find one.
Why wouldn't you expect to find human fossils and dinosaur fossils together in rocks dated similarly?
Because they did not exsist at the same time.
Why can't you find dinosaur fossils in Florida?
Because Florida didn't exist when diosours where hear
Where did they find the pegomastax dinosaur?
Pegomastax was found in South Africa. Its fossils date to the early Jurassic.
Where are most the fossil preserved?
The best place to find dinosaur fossils in the world is in the United States. Another place to find dinosaur fossils is in Alberta, Canada. The best place to look for fossils is somewhere where there aren't many plants/trees, like a desert.
What is someone who studies fossils and old bones to find out more about dinosaurs and how they lived?
Someone who studies fossils and old bones to find out more about dinosaurs and how they lived is called a paleontologist. Paleontologists analyze and interpret the remains of ancient organisms, including dinosaur fossils, to understand their anatomy, behavior, and ecosystem. They may also study other aspects of prehistoric life, such as plant fossils and ancient environments.
Where can one find information on dinosaur digs?
The Scholatics website has a page that lists where you can go to increase your chances of finding dinosaur fossils. One of the tips is to head out to the desert where there are no buildings or plants.
When did different fossils including dinosaurs appear?
Fossils appeared continually throughout the history of life; the oldest known fossils are of stromatolites which are thought to be 3.4 billion years old Dinosaur fossils have doubtless been dug up for hundreds of years. The Chinese found "dragon" bones over 2000 years ago - these may well have been dinosaur fossils. In 1676, a large femur was found in England by Reverend Plot - probably from a dinosaur. A report of this find was published by Brookes in 1763. The first dinosaur to be described scientifically was Megalosaurus; named in 1824, by William Buckland. Buckland (1784-1856) was a British fossil hunter and clergyman who collected fossils. The first dinosaur fossil that was found and described was an iguanadon, but this was described after the megalosaurus.
How do people look for fossils?
It is just an expression to refer to an elderly person as a fossil. People don't actually look like a fossil...even though there are tons of fossils, it would still be hard to find one that looks like a human! A similar expression is to refer to a technically backward person as a dinosaur.
