Dinosaur

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Dinosaur : any of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct often very large chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the Mesozoic era — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Dinosaurare a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event 201 million years ago; their dominance continued through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Reverse genetic engineering and the fossil record both demonstrate that birds are modern feathered dinosaurs, having evolved from earlier theropods during the late Jurassic Period. As such, birds were the only dinosaur lineage to survive the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. Dinosaurs can therefore be divided into avian dinosaurs, or birds; and non-avian dinosaurs, which are all dinosaurs other than birds. — Wikipedia

Dinosaur (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Dinosaurs (WolframAlpha)

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Exploration

Natural History Museums

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Adventures

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Inspiration

Dinosaur Ridge Virtual Experience (Dinosaur Ridge)
Dinosaur Ridge Museum in Colorado uses Kuula (Herb Saperstone, Kuula)
Dinosaur Ridge Virtual Experience (Kuula)
Dinosaur Ridge (Official Website)
Dinosaur Ridge (YouTube Channel)
Dinosaur Ridge (Wikipedia)

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Jaunt (YouTube Channel)
Jaunt (Facebook Page)

Dreadnoughtus (Kenneth Lacovara)
Dreadnoughtus (Wikipedia)

Giraffatitan: Back to Life in Virtual Reality (Google Arts & Culture, YouTube 360° Video)
The World of Dinosaurs (Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin)

Rhomaleosaurus: Back to Life in Virtual Reality (Google Arts & Culture, YouTube 360° Video)
Dinosaurs (Natural History Museum in London)

Prehistoric Domain: Experience the Past (Official Website)

Talks about Dinosaurs (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Dinosaurs (Big Think)

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Innovation

Science

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). Body fossils and trace fossils are the principal types of evidence about ancient life, and geochemical evidence has helped to decipher the evolution of life before there were organisms large enough to leave body fossils. Estimating the dates of these remains is essential but difficult: sometimes adjacent rock layers allow radiometric dating, which provides absolute dates that are accurate to within 0.5%, but more often paleontologists have to rely on relative dating by solving the “jigsaw puzzles” of biostratigraphy (arrangement of rock layers from youngest to oldest). — Wikipedia

Paleontology (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Dinosaur Paleontology Resources (Dino Russ)

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Preservation

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Participation

Education

Dinosaurs (Ology, American Museum of Natural History)
Dinosaurs (Science Trek)

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Community

News

Dinosaurs (EurekaAlert, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Dinosaurs (bioRxiv: Preprint Server for Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Dinosaurs (JSTOR)
Dinosaurs (Science Daily)
Dinosaurs (Science News)
Dinosaurs (Phys.org)
Dinosaurs (NPR Archives)

Government

Dinosaur National Monument (National Park Service)
Where did dinosaurs live? (United States Geological Survey)

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