Baby dinosaurs have always been a sort of mystery to scientists. Because most infant dinosaurs were killed at an early age or their bones weren't fossilized, not much is known about the early life of a dinosaur. However, recently, the search for these small creatures has greatly increased as scientists long to know more. Bones were uncovered from a bird-like dinosaur called the Oviraptorosaurus. To scientists, it is known as the Golbiraptor minutus. The dinosaur discovered was an entirely new species dug up from 75 million-year-old rock in Mongolia. Of the various bones found, scientists managed to restructure the creature to its original form, which is about the size of a duck. Several clues within the dinosaurs bones indicated that the dinosaur was less than a year old.
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What kind of information will scientists learn about when researching these bones?
Scientists will be able to draw many conclusions from the bones discovered. They will be able to tell what the lifestyle of baby dinosaur was like including what they ate, how they moved, how they grew, etc. These bones are very valuble for new information.
What other unique type of stuff, such as baby dinosaurs, will scientists look for in the future?
I think scientists will continue searching for more obscure aritfacts they may not have as much information about. As well as big finds, such as an adult size dinosaur, they will continue to push for more undereaserched items such as prehistoric plants or rock structures.
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Good job Justine!
They will be able to see how the dinosaur's bone structure develops as the dinosaur get older.
They will look for more things from the time of the dinosaurs to hopefully find out more about what the world looked like and its creatures.
Do you think the bone structure of the dinosaur would greatly change as the dinosaur gets older or would it stay somewhat the same? How do you think scientists can tell how old a dinosaur is? What counts as a really old dinosuar? Can scientists determine from these bones found how old this type of species on dinosaur may grow to be?
scientist could find out what a baby dino was like in its behavior or the way their compared to a adult. They can discover more baby dinos and also see stuff compared to the adult. Later they may or may not find a new speices of dino that can reveal how the dinos died.
How do you think a baby dinosaur would behave differantly from an adult dinosuar? Would their behavior be similiar to any animals we know today? Also, how do you believe dinosaurs died over time? Could these bones or bones already discovered provide hints possibly to what caused the entire species to go extinct?
I think that the scientists will try and determine the food that baby dinosaurs ate, whether or not they were dependant on their mothers, and what sort of defense mechanisms they had. I think in the future scientists will try and apply new technology to the search for dinosaurs in hopes of finding more about them then we can now.
I think that the scientists will try and determine the food that baby dinosaurs ate, whether or not they were dependant on their mothers, and what sort of defense mechanisms they had. I think in the future scientists will try and apply new technology to the search for dinosaurs in hopes of finding more about them then we can now.
These are all very interesting ideas Ronan. How would a scientist be able to determine whether or not the dinosaur was independent of its mother by this age? Could they use clues from other similar species to create an answer to this question? Based of the pictures provided by the article, does there appear to be any obvious defense mechanisms on the dinosaur?
We could possibly know more about the anatomy of dinosaurs and also knowing their development. The possibilities are endless for what they could look for in the near future. They could find a way to find out what their scale color was, for example.
Is it possible for the scientists to determine from the bones not only what color the dinosaure was, but what type of skin it had? Did it have scales or rough skin? The article indicates that this was a bird-like dinosaur so does that mean it had some type of wings? Or did it simply just have characteristics similar to a birds, such as a beak?
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