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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:06:36 GMT
The Fiercest Dinosaur
Tyrannosaurus rex looked the most ferocious of all the dinosaurs, but in terms of overall cunning, determination and its array of vicious weapons it was Utahraptor that was probably the fiercest of all. Utahraptor measured about 7 metres, and was a very powerful, agile and intelligent predator.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:06:54 GMT
The Largest Pterosaur
Quetzalocoatlus with its wingspan of up to 13 metres was probably the largest pterosaur, and hence the largest flying creature of all time. Despite its size it weighed no more than 100 kilograms. Its only contender may be Arambourgiania, which is only known from one bone but scaled up the whole pterosaur could have been even larger. Pterosaurs were not dinosaur.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:07:15 GMT
The Largest Plesiosaur
Elasmosaurus was the longest plesiosaur at up to 14 metres (46 ft) long. Half of its length was its neck, which had as many as 75 vertebrae in it (in comparison to 7-8 neck vertebrae in humans). Elasmosaurus had four long, paddle-like flippers, a tiny head, sharp teeth in strong jaws, and a pointed tail. Plesiosaurs were not dinosaurs but were marine reptiles.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:07:43 GMT
What killed the dinosaurs?
It is believed that dinosaur extinction was part of a mass extinction brought about by two massive destructive events. The first of these was the collision with the Earth of a meteorite landing in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, of Mexico. This was followed by an enormous volcanic eruption which split what is now India in half.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:08:03 GMT
How many types of dinosaur were there?
At present over 700 different species of dinosaurs have been identified and named. However palaeontologists believe that there are many more new and different dinosaur species still to be discovered.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:08:35 GMT
How many species of dinosaurs have been found in Britain?
So far 108 species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Britain. Britain was an important area during much of the Mesozoic Era acting as a 'land bridge' between North America and Eurasia. It became a hotspot for dinosaur evolution and migration. British dinosaurs include Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, Neovenator, Eotyrannus, and Cetiosaurus. The dinosaur Museum has the skeleton of a Megalosaurus and the skull of an Iguanodon on display.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:08:48 GMT
Which is Britain's Oldest Dinosaur?
The oldest known dinosaur so far discovered in Britain is Thecodontosaurus antiquus. It was discovered near Bristol in 1970 but only now has funding been achieved to excavate the dinosaur. Thecondontosaurus was 2.1 metres long, about the size of a kangaroo, and ate plants. It lived on the richly vegetated islands that were around that area in Triassic times about 200 million years ago.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:09:24 GMT
The First Dinosaur to be Discovered in America
The first discovery of dinosaur remains in North America was made in 1854 by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden during his exploration of the upper Missouri River. He discovered a small collection of teeth which were later described by Joseph Leidy in 1856 as belonging to Trachodon, Troodon, and Deinodon.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:09:44 GMT
The First Dinosaur to be Named
The first dinosaur to be named was Megalosaurus. It was named in 1824 by Reverend William Buckland. Megalosaurus means ‘great lizard’ and it was about 9 metres long, and 3 metres tall.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:12:26 GMT
The production of alcohol has been traced back at least 12,000 years.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:12:45 GMT
Sherry was apparently the alcohol of choice for many world travelers; both Magellan and Columbus had a lot of it on board during their respective voyages. Magellan liked Sherry so much, in fact, that he spent more money stockpiling the alcoholic beverage than he spent on weapons.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:13:00 GMT
Frederick the Great, who was the king of Prussia, was so enamored by alcohol that he tried to ban coffee in an attempt to get everyone in Prussia to drink liquor instead.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:13:18 GMT
The Pilgrims made the decision to stop at Plymouth Rock because they were running low on supplies, particularly alcohol.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:13:44 GMT
Winston Churchill’s mother was the inventor of the Manhattan cocktail. It is made with whiskey and sweet vermouth.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 5, 2015 1:13:59 GMT
Until the mid-1600′s, wine makers in France used oil soaked rags in lieu of corks.
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