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(#5) It Is Now Believed That Most Dinosaurs Had Some Type Of Feathers
From Redditor u/geuis:
TIL almost all dinosaurs probably had feathers.
From Redditor u/InfinitelyThirsting:
TIL that dinosaur feathers aren't just visually apparent in fossils, but have actually been found preserved in amber.
From Redditor u/Mycatissnootsy:
TIL T. rex babies were fluffy.
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(#12) 700 Species Of Dinosaurs Have Been Discovered
From Redditor u/WSchultz:
TIL that even though they existed for about 165 million years, only about 700 species of dinosaur have been discovered to date.
[Editor's Note: According to the United States Geological Survey, "Approximately 700 species [of dinosaur] have been named. However, a recent scientific review suggests that only about half of these are based on fairly complete specimens that can be shown to be unique and separate species. These species are placed in about 300 valid dinosaur genera... Recent estimates suggest that about 700 to 900 more dinosaur genera may remain to be discovered.]
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(#3) The 'Montana Dueling Dinosaurs' Is A Preserved Battle Between A Tyrannosaurus And Triceratops
From Redditor u/NihilsticEgotist:
TIL of the Montana Dueling Dinosaurs, an incredibly well-preserved fossil of a Tyrannosaurus and a Triceratops locked in combat. Despite the important nature of the fossil, it remains obscure due to a land rights controversy preventing it from being studied, cleaned up and/or put on display.
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(#4) Brontosaurus Was First Classified As Its Own Genus, Then A Species Of Apatosaurus, And Is Now A Separate Genus Again
From Redditor u/marmorset:
TIL that the Brontosaurus was [initially established as its own genus in 1879], then considered a species of Apatosaurus, a previously discovered dinosaur, and it should have had that name. Now it's been discovered that they actually are two separate animals, and the Brontosaurus exists again.
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(#13) During The Age Of The Dinosaurs, Volcanoes May Have Been Erupting On The Moon
From Redditor u/alf_shearing:
TIL when the dinosaurs were alive, there were erupting volcanoes on the moon.
[Editor's Note: The Los Angeles Times' Amina Khan writes, "The large dark patches on the lunar surface that give shape to the moon’s 'face' are called maria, and they’re thought to be the remains of volcanic activity on the moon that started 3.5 billion years ago. [...] The researchers found that scores of these features were less than 100 million years old – which would put them in range of the Cretaceous period on Earth, which was the dinosaurs’ heyday. [...] That means there could have been regular volcanic activity all around the moon in very recent times – not like the dramatic volcanism that produced the enormous maria, but still significant and widespread."]
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Most people know that the world experienced a mass extinction about 66 million years ago, and the dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. There are intense discussions about the reasons for the extinction of dinosaurs. The most common theory is that an asteroid hit the earth. This conclusion is strongly supported by various pieces of evidence. However, some people insist that dinosaurs are not extinct, but have evolved and changed in many ways.
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