What can fossils tell us about dinosaurs?
Dinosaur Detectives
What can fossils tell us about dinosaurs?
Imagine finding a giant tooth the size of a banana in your backyard. You'd have questions. Whose tooth? What did they eat? Were they friendly? Fossils are like detective clues left behind by creatures that lived millions of years ago — and dinosaurs left some of the best clues of all.
A fossil forms when a dinosaur dies and gets buried quickly — usually in mud or sand. Over millions of years, minerals seep into the bones, turning them into stone. It's like the earth making a permanent rock copy of the skeleton, preserving the shape of every bone.
