facts for children dino's book

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I believe Peter Dodson has just published a popular book on the
ceratopsians in which he covers most of this information. Anybody know the
reference?

Norm MacLeod



>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 19:23:24 -0800 (PST)
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>From: SMILEY@virtuel.qc.ca (Denis Bombardier)
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>Subject: facts for children dino's book
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>Hi everybody,
>
>  I am new to the PALEONET and think that it's very exciting to be part of
>it. I need some help on the following subject: I want to write a story book
>on dinosaurs, for kids 7 to 10 years old or so. I want to incorporate the
>latest scientific facts in my story. I need the following information on
>Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex:
>
>- the position of the continents during their life span.
>
>- what was the landscape looking like, the environment where they lived.Were
>there erupting volcanoes, flooding rivers and canyons (for U.S and CANADA)
>
>- the climate where they lived,was it damp or dri?
>
>- were there any seasons like now for North America?
>
>- the vegetation during that period.
>
>- their distribution among the continent(US and CANADA).
>
>- what Triceratops ate .
>
>- the way they lived, were they living in group or alone, having a territory.
>
>- how old could they live.
>
>- evidence on motherhood.
>
>- from wich time period to time period are they found in the geological
>  record.
>
>- evidence of battle between these two dinosaurs.
>
>- what other dinosaurs would have been a danger to baby triceratops.
>
>- Did Triceratops had poor back vision because of the back of its head .
>
>- What kind of vision had the Tyrannosaurus. What angle of vision.
>
>- Have there been any eggs found that are related to Triceratops or
>Tyrannosaurus.And if so, what was the form and size of them for both
>species? Is there an URL where I could see these eggs?
>
>- Have there been any trace fossils of skin pigmentation found on rocks near
>fossils for these two dino's?
>
>Thank you very much to all of you who will take the time to answer to my
>request. This is a big project in my life. I need your help to make it a
>succes and a story that will bring the ancient life near the "actually
>living" children.
>(I have send this posting at dinosaur@usc.edu. too)
>
>BTW, I have some difficulties joining the PALCLIME list. My subscribe
>message was
>o.k. but I still have had these error messages coming back. Maybe I can't
>pass trough the heavy traffic. Can anybody help me on this?
>
>TRULY,
>>From Denis Bombardier (:‚)>
>amateur paleontologist
>Que.Can. SMILEY@virtuel.qc.ca
>

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