Random Dinosaur Fact
Digging Into Dinosaurs
Fun facts about our million year old friends. Go Digging and see what you learn!Dinosaurs first appeared between 247 and 240 million years ago. They ruled the Earth for about 175 million years until an extinction event 65.5 million years ago wiped out all of them, except for the avian dinosaurs. Scientists don't agree entierly on what happened, but the extinction likely was a double or triple whammy involving an asteroid impact, chocking chemicals from erupting volcanoes, climate change and possibly other factors. Utilizing data from public sources like Kaggle & Tableau, we've created an interactive website for all the fun facts we found in the data about dinosaurs! See where and when they lived, what they ate, and individual dinosaur facts! When you're done, be sure to visit American Museum of Natural History for more fun dinosaur facts and Natural History Museum's Dino Directory to explore a more detailed dinosaur discover colletion!!
A World of T-Rexploration!
It's time to start digging! Using the map below, explore where fossils were found, and see the top most featured dinosaur at that location, and most probably seek to dig deeper to learn about; which other dinosaurs lived in that location, and their individual characteristics. Use the filter to see the decade each fossil was discovered.
Explore Our Discovered Dino Digging Sites.
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