Did humans have dinosaurs for pets like Fred Flinstones “Dino”?
Contrary to the fantasy world of Fred Flinstone, humans and dinosaurs did not live on this earth at the same time. The first humans did not arrive on the scene until dinosaurs had been extinct for about 63 million years. However, it’s always fun to imagine what a dinosaur pet would be like! (As long as it wasn’t a T-Rex!) • How can Paleontologists tell what a dinosaur looks like just from fossils? Recreating what a dinosaur may have looked like from it’s fossilized bones, requires several steps. First, the fossils are cleaned and then linked together to accurately form the dinosaur’s skeletal system. Once a dinosaur’s skeleton is formed, it can be easily “fleshed out” using anatomical principles that we know apply to muscle placement in vertebrates and size of muscle in relation to the bone it is attached to. Also, the weight of the muscle can be ascertained with a good degree of certainty and from this the weight of the animal can be extrapolated. • Did different types of dinosaurs ha
