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Regardless of where in the world you brought up, there will always be some sort of fascination with dinosaurs. As children, we learnt about them in school and as we grew up we became increasingly interested with films such as Jurassic Park only acting to stoke this interest. There must be something about these creatures, perhaps that their fossils are still being found, that means that we are always wanting to discover more and share the interest with our children. Dinosaurs were part of the reptile group and roamed the earth between 243 and 233 million years ago in a period that was known as the Triassic period. It is believed that they became extinct about 201 million years ago after becoming the dominant terrestrial vertebrates. It is now accepted that their extinction was caused by a huge asteroid that hit earth causing massive environmental changes that shaped the earth that we know today. When we think of these creatures we think or bipedal (2 legged) and quadrupedal (4 legged) animals but there were, of course, those that avian varieties. The dinosaurs were, on the whole, huge with the largest sauropod dinosaurs reaching lengths of almost 40metres and heights of around 18 metres. However, the smaller species such as Xixianykus were thought to be only around 50cm long and would be seen as far less intimidating. It was around the start of the 1800s when dinosaur skeletons started to be found around the world. Many of these skeletons became mounted in museums with many people believing that they were mythical creatures the same as dragons. However, as our knowledge and education improved it became an overall acceptance that these creatures, did in, fact roam the earth and indeed they are now frequently studied in schools around the world. The best-known dinosaurs are those that we often the ones that are seen in the movies with the Tyrannosaurus Rex probably being the most famous. 36 Cover Feature
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