I’ve gone my entire life being told “that’s not a dinosaur that’s a (insert what it is) but why? What’s makes one giant lizard a Dinosaur but a different giant reptile not a dinosaur?
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It’s more “ELI9-12”, but if you want to take an accessible and comprehensive deep dive into the evolutionary paths of prehistoric animals, I highly recommend “Dinosaur Empire!” by Abby Howard. It’s the first comic book in a series all about the concepts of the evolutionary tree, it’s amazingly detailed and very fun.
This is the most fun I’ve had randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs since the last time I randomly learned stuff about dinosaurs. How am I many decades into my life and I still love randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs?
This is the most fun I’ve had randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs since the last time I randomly learned stuff about dinosaurs. How am I many decades into my life and I still love randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs?
This is the most fun I’ve had randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs since the last time I randomly learned stuff about dinosaurs. How am I many decades into my life and I still love randomly learning stuff about dinosaurs?
What made a reptile a dinosaur specifically was the special hips; their legs went straight down underneath them like a horse or dog or, ahem, ***bird***, not out to the side like an alligator or iguana or ***any*** modem reptile.
All those gigantic ancient reptiles that you’re told aren’t technically dinosaurs? I’ll bet they’ve got their legs sticking straight out the side like an alligator.
I may be way over simplifying it but the way I explain to high schoolers how all dinos are reptiles but all reptiles aren’t dinos is: dinos are terrestrial, have legs under their bodies not sprawled out from the sides, & laid hard shelled eggs in nests. These 3 characteristics exclude all the groups I used to think were dinosaurs when I was a kid!
What made a reptile a dinosaur specifically was the special hips; their legs went straight down underneath them like a horse or dog or, ahem, ***bird***, not out to the side like an alligator or iguana or ***any*** modem reptile.
All those gigantic ancient reptiles that you’re told aren’t technically dinosaurs? I’ll bet they’ve got their legs sticking straight out the side like an alligator.
I may be way over simplifying it but the way I explain to high schoolers how all dinos are reptiles but all reptiles aren’t dinos is: dinos are terrestrial, have legs under their bodies not sprawled out from the sides, & laid hard shelled eggs in nests. These 3 characteristics exclude all the groups I used to think were dinosaurs when I was a kid!
What made a reptile a dinosaur specifically was the special hips; their legs went straight down underneath them like a horse or dog or, ahem, ***bird***, not out to the side like an alligator or iguana or ***any*** modem reptile.
All those gigantic ancient reptiles that you’re told aren’t technically dinosaurs? I’ll bet they’ve got their legs sticking straight out the side like an alligator.
I may be way over simplifying it but the way I explain to high schoolers how all dinos are reptiles but all reptiles aren’t dinos is: dinos are terrestrial, have legs under their bodies not sprawled out from the sides, & laid hard shelled eggs in nests. These 3 characteristics exclude all the groups I used to think were dinosaurs when I was a kid!
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