| Paleontology is the branch of biology that studies the | | | | discovered a very large femur bone during the year |
| forms of life that existed in the past geologic periods | | | | 1676 also in England. After careful studies, authorities |
| and eras, mainly by studying and scrutinizing of its | | | | imply that it may in fact have belonged to a dinosaur. |
| remains, the fossils. Basically, fossils are those what is | | | | Nevertheless, because there were past discoveries of |
| left and remnants of a dead animal or a plant that can | | | | enormous human skeletal remains that may range |
| be seen these days that has been ingenuously planted | | | | from 8 feet to 12 feet-tall many assumed that the |
| on rocks and other form of hard earthly surfaces. | | | | discovery might have belonged to a very tall, almost a |
| Although, of course, it doesn't mean that the said | | | | giant like human. However, during the year 1838, the |
| "remains" are the real skeletons or the actual plant | | | | entire dinosaur fossil was seen at New Jersey, USA |
| rather fossils can be a petrified product of the original | | | | by William Parker Foulke. |
| and also be the imprints like footprints. Fossils are | | | | Out of curiosity, many people would hollow out |
| believed and considered to have been submerged on | | | | information about the presence and occurrence of |
| water before, for the reason of the belief of that the | | | | dinosaurs way back early times and this helped them |
| remains of animal or plant was first covered by a soft | | | | become aware of their existence so the next fossil |
| soil and after some times layers of it gathered on it, | | | | discovery was given enough attention. Also, dinosaur |
| hardened, solidify and then were pressed on together | | | | fossils were believed to be millions of years old, which |
| by natural processes. The water that is made up of | | | | were based on its geologic column, which dates fossils |
| minerals goes through the layers and changed the | | | | based on the rock's type, appearance, and formation |
| plant or animal relics into a rock like appearance and | | | | where they are found. |
| features. | | | | These fossils are located all through the earth's |
| The most intriguing kinds are the dinosaur fossils. The | | | | sedimentary layers. Almost 95.0% of all earth's fossil |
| name dinosaur is a derived word from Latin terms: | | | | recorded comes from the remains of marine |
| deinos, which means, "Great;" sauros for "lizard;" and | | | | invertebrates, 4.74% are from plants and estimate of |
| fossils meaning "dug up." Literally, it means "great lizard | | | | 0.25% are land invertebrates and 0.0125% are a |
| that was dug up." The occurrence of these things is | | | | vertebrate. Among those vertebrates, the majority |
| not new to us anymore. | | | | comes from fishes. Furthermore, those 95% |
| In fact, people have been finding dinosaur fossils for | | | | vertebrates are found to have only one bone or less. |
| almost thousands of years. The very fist recorded | | | | Through these dinosaur fossils, people of modern days |
| finding of the existence of dinosaurs is most of it in | | | | are able to recognize that there are animals living here |
| England, through a British fossil finder named as William | | | | on earth even before the existence of the first man. |
| Buckland. It was in the year 1819 when he exposed his | | | | This, in one way or another made us realize the |
| findings of Megalosaurus Bucklandii (Buckland's Giant | | | | importance of animals consequently believing that |
| Lizard) from England. | | | | modern animals should be preserved as much as |
| In the year1824, his discovery was named after him. | | | | possible. These "leftovers" also give us a picture of |
| However, earlier than this, Reverend Plot had | | | | what the earth looks like before now. |