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Dig your way through this list of ten titles.
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About 80 million years ago, the carnivorous Velociraptor and the plant eating Protoceratops fought to the death.
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This horned dinosaur had two long spikes on the back of its frill, the bony extension behind its skull.
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This plant-eating dinosaur was an ornithopod, as are duck-bill dinosaurs. 
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Learn how to look at a bunch of bones and draw what a dinosaur looked like. 
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This is one of the oldest known dinosaurs!
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Named in 2000, this dinosaur is hot off the "paleo" presses! Unlike the jagged teeth of other troodontids,...
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As you can tell from its body plates and tail spikes, this dinosaur is related to Stegosaurus. 
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With its bird-like features, this animal was mistaken for a giant bird for a while.
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Because of the diamond-shaped plates on its back, Stegosaurus was given a name that means "roof lizard." 
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Dug up in the Alxa Desert in China, this is the oldest and most complete therizinosaur ever found.
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Compared to other titanosaurs, Gondwanatitan was a peewee at only about 7.5 meters (25 feet) long. 
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Paleontologist Mark Norell answers kids’ questions.
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This theropod belonged to a group called ornithomimids, also called "ostrich-mimics." 
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This prehistoric relative of living ducks had a long neck, tall legs, webbed feet, and a duck-like head.
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About 80 million years ago in the Gobi Desert, sixteen dinosaurs hatched in this nest. One of the hatchlings died bef...
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Earth was a very different place at the beginning of the Triassic. All of Earth's continents were combined into one s...
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Effigia looks just like a dinosaur. It particularly looks a lot like bird-like dinosaurs called ornithomimids, or ost...
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Its brow horns and snout horn inspired this dinosaur's name, which means "three-horned face."
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This fossilized skull was recently discovered at Ukhaa Tolgod in the Gobi Desert. It is probably from a new kind of d...
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Paleontologists uncovered this just-hatched Protoceratops in 1997 at Ukhaa Tolgod.
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Create your own miniature Mesozoic Museum. Don't forget to invite your friends and family to the opening!
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A dinosaur book led to this paleontologist's lifelong fascination with fossils.
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Flashback to 80 million years ago in the Gobi Desert. Deltatheridium scurried among dinosaurs.
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Sterling was always fascinated by nature, ancient history, and archaeology. Since he was 15 years old, he has spent e...
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Many famous dinosaurs, such as T. rex and Triceratops, first appeared in the Cretaceous Period.
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This predator has fast feet, a pair of "killing claws," and more than 60 jagged teeth!
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This plant-eating dinosaur might have weighed as much as 225 kilograms (500 pounds)!
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The name Jurassic conjures images of tremendous dinosaurs roaming the Earth.
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Museum scientists made a surprising discovery in the Gobi Desert: an egg that contained the remains of a tiny dinosau...
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Meet some of the more unusual members of T. rex and Velociraptor's family tree.
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In this interview, meet the cast of a titanosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs ever found!
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Oviraptor was a bizarre-looking, toothless dinosaur. 
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Psittacosaurus is one of the oldest and most primitive ceratopians ever found!
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This rare lizard lived in the Gobi Desert about 80 million years ago. 
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In the 1940s, paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History discovered rich fossil beds in the high des...
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About 80 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous, this armored plant-eater roamed the Gobi Desert in Central Asia.
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One of the earlier dinosaurs to appear on Earth was Coelophysis. It was a small, but skilled hunter that lived during...
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His love of natural sciences and extreme camping led this scientist to paleontology.
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Although extinct today, this gopher-sized mammal thrived during the Mesozoic Era for about two million years.
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Match up these eight dinosaur fossil photos with their descriptions.
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Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
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Of all the dinosaurs to roam the Earth, the largest ones belonged to a group called sauropods- huge plant-eating dino...
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One look at Redondasaurus, and you might think it's a crocodile. After all, it has a similar long, armored body, with...
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When the famous Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America, a very similar dinosaur was living on the other side of the E...
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This massive plant-eater lived about 100 million years ago. Today, a cast of this 122-foot long titanosaur welcomes v...
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Paleontologist Mark Norell answers questions about T. rex.
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About 80 million years ago two dinosaurs were locked in deadly combat when they were suddenly buried alive. See one of the greatest fossil specimens ever found.
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This "king tyrant lizard" was one of the largest carnivores that ever lived.
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This living dinosaur is also known by its common name, the Martineta tinamou. 
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Long before dinosaurs, these strange roach-like creatures scurried along the ancient sea floor.
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Join the inquisitive Deena Soris as she interviews the fossil of a Protoceratops. 
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Challenge your friends to this Mesozoic Era card game.
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Sauropods weren't just the largest dinosaurs. They were also the largest animals to ever live on land. The sauropod M...
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This primitive armored dinosaur had bony plates and spikes that served almost like armor.
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What is it like to hunt for dinosaur fossils? And what discoveries are made back in the lab?
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The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth.
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Confuciusornis is the earliest-known toothless, beaked bird.
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In the 1920s, the first team of Museum paleontologists trekked to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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This real-life "Indiana Jones" led the first AMNH expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
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This famous long-necked, long-tailed wonder belongs to a group called "sauropods." 
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What happens when you mix colors of light? The results might surprise you!
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The largest mammal at the Museum is interviewed by the largest dinosaur
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The giant squid is the largest invertebrate, or animal without a backbone, ever to have lived on Earth! 
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For Steve Quinn, art and science have always gone hand-in-hand. As a kid, he liked to draw and make clay models of di...
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Examine fossils and gather clues from experts!
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How much do you know about the Age of Dinosaurs? 
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Carefully removing the fossils without damaging them takes talent, special tools, and lots of patience. 
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Anyone can find fossils. This handy guide tells you where to look and what to do.
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How do your fossil-sorting skills stack up? Put them to the test with this kid-friendly online puzzle.
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This extinct bird weighed over 330 pounds and had heavy legs and tiny wings. 
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Every summer, Museum paleontologists join Mongolian scientists to hunt for fossils. 
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Take a peek inside two paleontologists' scrapbook.
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Even though this whale of a whale weighs many tons, the humpback whale can make acrobatic leaps out of the water!
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The first vertebrates to fly took to the skies about 215 million years ago. These creatures were neither birds nor ba...
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Mongolia is a large country in the middle of Asia. Its Gobi Desert is a fossil "gold mine" for paleont...
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Located in the Gobi Desert, this is a fossil "hot spot" for Museum paleontologists. 
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What skin color, eye color, and type of feathers will you give this T. rex?
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Biodiversity is the rich variety of life on Earth. But why is it important?
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Guatemala is located in Central America. It sits south of Mexico and northwest of El Salvador and Honduras.
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Bury chicken bones in plaster of Paris to see the challenges paleontologists face when excavating fossils.
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Kids took the OLogy Challenge and shared their work with us!
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbon...
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With their white bellies and dark backs, dolphins can be found jumping above the water, swimming alongside fishing sh...
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To try to piece together how organisms are related, scientists use cladistics.
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Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.
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Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.
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Discover where starry-eyed Neil has followed his curiosity.
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