Article ID: CBB930265407

How Dinosaurs Became Tyrants of the Prehistoric (October 2020)

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In the summer of 1902, a small crew of fossil hunters from the American Museum of Natural History left New York in search of dinosaur bones. Acting on a tip from the noted conservationist William Temple Hornaday, they ventured to a remote part of Montana with exposed rocks from the Cretaceous period known as the Hell Creek Formation. Although they were primarily looking for Triceratops bones, it was not long before something else caught their attention. As the young men gradually unearthed their discovery using dynamite and a heavy metal scraper dragged by a horse, it became clear that they had found something special. The specimen was large and imposing, and it was noticeably different from anything previously known to science. And, before long, it would be the most famous dinosaur of all time: Tyrannosaurus rex. (first paragraph)

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Authors & Contributors
Rich, Thomas H. V.
Jordan C. Mallon
Jill Hunting
Cameron, Marlena Briane
Fallon, Richard
Jones, Elizabeth D.
Concepts
Paleontology
Dinosaurs
Fossils
Natural history
Earth sciences
Museums
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Gilded Age (1870s-1900)
Places
United States
Australia
Wyoming (U.S.)
Mediterranean region
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
Americas
Institutions
University of Padua
University of Wyoming
Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin)
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