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Dinosaurs are the gateway drug to paleontology, geology, and evolution — and the facts have changed a lot since the books of your childhood. These cards cover the modern picture, feathers and all.
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QWhat are the three periods of the dinosaur era?
ATriassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous (the Mesozoic)
QWhat likely caused the dinosaur extinction 66 million years ago?
AAn asteroid impact (Chicxulub, Mexico) plus its climate aftermath
QDid T. rex live in the Jurassic period?
ANo — the late Cretaceous, ~68–66 million years ago
QWhich living animals are dinosaurs' direct descendants?
ABirds — technically living theropod dinosaurs
QWhat was the largest known land animal ever?
AArgentinosaurus and kin (titanosaur sauropods, ~70+ tonnes)
QWas Velociraptor really the size shown in the movies?
ANo — turkey-sized, and probably feathered
QWhat does "dinosaur" literally mean?
A"Terrible lizard" (Greek: deinos + sauros)
QWhich flying reptiles lived alongside dinosaurs?
APterosaurs — related to dinosaurs but not dinosaurs themselves
QHow do we know some dinosaurs had feathers?
AFossilized feather impressions, especially from Liaoning, China
QWhat is a fossil?
APreserved remains or traces of ancient life, usually mineralized in rock
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