Start HERE!➟ aleontologists use tools to find and dig out Pfossils. Look for these tools in the display case.

Paleontologists remove the top Fossils are wrapped of the fossil with in plaster bandages great care. to make sure nothing is lost or broken.

Back at the Museum they’re cleaned and Central Park West studied before they’re Elevators put on display.

At the Museum, we clean the ROCK away 9898989898989899889899from dinosaur FOSSILS with the same 98989898989898998898999898989898989899889899tools dentists use to clean your teeth. HALL OF SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS (“grasping hand dinosaurs”) DID YOU KNOW that many dinosaurs were vegetarians? That’s right—they only ate plants—no meat! You can identify these dinosaurs by looking at their teeth, which are long with round ends, not sharp like meat-eating dinosaurs. DID YOU KNOW that birds are living Find these two vegetarian dinosaurs: dinosaurs? Be a dinosaur detective! Stand ❏ Plateosaurus in front of T. rex and (plat-e-o-SO-rus) look for these clues that “broad reptile” show how paleontologists know that birds and dinosaurs are related. • Hole in the hipbone— where the leg attaches • Three-toed foot • Feathers ❏ Apatosaurus Watch the video in (ap-a-to-SO-rus) the Maniraptors corner “deceptive reptile” near the exit of the hall, and when you get outside, As you find each watch some walking pigeons! dinosaur, draw its bones inside its body in the pictures above.

TURN OVER HALL OF ORNITHISCHIAN DINOSAURS (‘bird-hipped dinosaurs’)

Look for dinosaurs in this hall with body parts for We ONLY protection and display. You can color these in at home. know what the bones of extinct dinosaurs LOOK like— the colors are just guesses. Can you find: ❏ A dinosaur with a row of plates on its back and spikes on its tail?

❏ A dinosaur that looks like a tank?

Stegosaurus (steg-o-SO-rus) “plated reptile”

LEGS Scientists compare the fossilized and footprints of dinosaurs with living how FAST animals to estimate dinosaurs were able to run. Edmontonia (ed-mon-TO-ne-ah) “from the Edmonton formation”

❏ A dinosaur that has a skull like a crash helmet?

All ORNITHISCHIAN dinosaurs were VEGETARIANS.

Pachycephalosaurus (pak-e-SEF-ah-lo-so-rus) ❏ A dinosaur with three horns “thick-headed reptile” and a frill on its head?

Triceratops (tri-SER-ah-tops) “three-horned face”

became Most DINOSAURS ago. extinct 65 MILLION YEARS

To Learn More About Dinosaurs, Visit “OLogy,” the Museum’s Special Site for Kids at www.ology.amnh.org/paleontology

This guide was produced with support from the Ilma Kern Foundation. Written and produced by Sharon Simpson • Project Team: © 2002 American Museum of Natural History. Monica Philippo, Paisley Gregg, Ann Prewitt, Jay Holmes, Ed Heck and Eric Hamilton • Designed by Catherine Sanchez All Rights Reserved.