The reason that we don't find more is because it's covered in trees and houses. That tends to be on the coast because that's where the rocks are exposed. There's a new fossil site in Morocco that I'm really excited about. I'd love to go out there and find new dinosaurs, cement a long-term collaboration with Moroccan sedimentologists and palaeontologists, and hopefully see Moroccan dinosaur material staying in Morocco rather than being traded on the commercial market. We'll be able to use our mix of expertise to understand the whole environment, not just the dinosaurs. I've been in Wyoming this summer with a big crew of people who have a wide variety of palaeontology backgrounds. I have visited the Morrison Formation in the USA multiple times, because this is a focus of my research. I'll probably finish my day by reviewing another paper. I'm also taking down some dinosaur specimens to be 3D scanned. We're scanning it for an external researcher and I have to bring it back to the collection. This afternoon I'm being interviewed for a couple of articles.Īfter that I need to go down to the Imaging and Analysis Centre to collect an elephant bird egg, which is currently in the CT scanner. I spent quite a bit of time showing him around the collections and then we had lunch together. Then my second visitor of the day arrived. We identified a number of specimens to loan to two museums for their exhibitions and measured them, took photos and stuff like that. Then I spent some time on emails before I met with the Museum's exhibition loans officer in the collection. My first visitor arrived at 9.30, so I showed him the specimens he was interested in. I started the morning by reviewing a manuscript for a journal that I'm an associate editor of - I have to read the paper and decide whether to recommend that it is sent out for further review or not. The fifth day I focus on public engagement. I try to split my week up so I have two days of curation and two of research. This can help us make predictions about how it might change in the future.Ĭould you tell us what you’ve been doing today? One way we can test our ideas is to look back at a time in the past when conditions were different - during the Jurassic there was no ice at the poles, for example - and see how biodiversity was distributed then.
And because we don't know why those patterns exist, we don't know how they will change - in response to a warming Earth, for example. That's because in the modern world we know that there are patterns of biodiversity distribution - the way that life is distributed on the surface of the Earth - but we don't know why those patterns exist. I think palaeontology has probably never been more important than it is today. They use the information they uncover not only to learn about the lives of the animals, but to understand what the Earth was like in the past.
It's not just animals either, palaeontologists also study ancient plants. That can include everything from corals and shellfish to fishes and mammals. Palaeontologists actually study all fossilised past life. The game also supports Facebook integration.What do palaeontologists do other than study dinosaurs? Watch these magnificent specimens come to life and make your Dino Safe Haven a more colorful and populated place.Īdd friends, visit and rate their shelter, check out other community players. Be creative and give every new baby a nickname…you will have to come up with lots of names!ĭiscover the most rare and beautiful creatures by pairing up different dinosaur breeds. Build a hatchery to house eggs, collect your babies from the nursery and reunite them with their family. Try new ways to complete your Dino family. Buy decorations and build structures to make playing Dino Pets a pleasant experience! Collect revenue from the shops you build to earn more coins and XP. Turn your safe haven into a lovely home for the dinosaurs to flourish. From the friendly Diplodocus to the scary Tyrannosaurus Rex, there’s a multitude of different dinosaurs to explore. Watch them as they grow and become adults. Once again enjoying the excellent illustrations by Gideon Kendall. We learn about the smartest dino, the spikiest dino, the widest dino. This time we’re brought to school and the main character has to choose a pet to bring to school for Pet Day. The dinosaurs start out in their shelters as babies. This one has become one of our new favoritesa weekly read, actually it’s multiple times a week. Luckily they come across a human tribe, who help them out by building a Safe Haven for the lost dinosaurs and their babies. After walking for miles on end, the dinosaurs settle down to recover from their long journey. In a world where humans and dinosaurs live together, a meteor heading for the planet sends dinosaurs fleeing the impact zone.
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