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FAQ's about Paleontology
How are dinosaurs named?
Are all fossil animals dinosaurs?
What is geologic time?
How fast could dinosaurs walk or run?
What did dinosaurs eat?
Were dinosaurs warm-blooded?
What was the biggest dinosaur? What was the smallest?
How long could a dinosaur live?
How many types of dinosaurs are known?
Did all the dinosaurs live together, and at the same time?
Did people and dinosaurs live at the same time?
What are sedimentary rocks?
Could the mass extinctions observed in the paleontological record be correlated with magnetic reversals?
When did the dinosaurs first appear on Earth?
Where did dinosaurs live?
Is it true that the magnetic field occasionally reverses its polarity?
How can I find field record materials (original field notes and related material made by USGS geologists) and mapping notes?
What is plate tectonics?
What was Pangea?
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