Tyrannosaurus rex
The tyrant lizard king, named in 1905. Short arms, but unusually powerful ones.
Field notes · Trench 01
Dinosaurs, dug up properly, with the sources showing.
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The word “dinosaur” means “terrible lizard”. Sir Richard Owen coined it in 1842. [source]
Find of the day
The dig site
Each dinosaur gets its own site, and its own square on the site plan. None of the dinosaur sites are open yet. Each square below is still being dug, and is clearly marked Coming soon.
Triceratops
The three-horned face, first described in 1889, and quite possibly on T. rex’s menu.
Stegosaurus
Plates along the back, spikes on the tail, and a braincase no bigger than a dog’s.
Velociraptor
The swift robber. Feathered, and roughly the size of a turkey, whatever the films say.
Diplodocus
Double beam: a long neck at one end and a whip-like tail at the other.
Iguanodon
Named in 1825 from a handful of teeth. That famous spike turned out to be a thumb.
The site plan and the cards are built from network.json.
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Tray 01
The fossil cabinet
14 dinosaurs: who named them, when, and what the bones show.
Tray 02Deep time
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and the very bad day that ended it all.
Tray 03Discoveries
From a “giant’s” thigh bone in 1676 to the Wall of Bones.
Tray 04Myths, dug up
Pterodactyls, Brontosaurus, man-sized raptors and other things everyone “knows”.
Tray 05Fossil hunting
Where to look in Britain, how to stay safe on the beach, and the kit.
GameThe Dinosaur Quiz
Ten questions, all sourced. No fossils were harmed.
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