Daily Dino Fact: Dinosaurs don’t get snow days
- A dinosaur bone found in Antartica
Q: Did any dinosaurs live in the snow? Onithochirus
A: Last December Irvine asked a similar question to this, about dinosaurs living in polar regions. This question is close enough that I thought I’d re-post, as it is a very interesting question. The climate of the Mesozoic was very warm, and it is likely that snow would have been found only in the polar regions. With that said.. here is your answer:
When most people think of dinosaurs they think of really hot, humid jungles and high temperature. Yes, the Earth was quite a bit hotter in the Mesozoic than it is now, but different climates existed and dinosaurs didn’t only live in one of them.
We didn’t have any evidence of arctic dinosaurs until the 1960s when footprints were found on an island between Norway and the North Pole. Since then paleontologists have uncovered dinosaur bones in both polar regions. We don’t know much about the polar dinosaurs but we do know that they were well adapted to the environment and thrived there.
Many different dinosaurs lived in these regions but one stands out in particular. About half of all dinosaur species found in Australia (Southern Australia was polar at the time) are hypsilophodontids. They were small, fast little theropods.
Tags: Daily Dino Fact, Dinosaurs, hypsilophondontids, polar dinosaurs, snow dinos, webosaurs
March 27th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Wow, very interesting! Hey I have a question!
What was the fastest sauropod?
Just a question..
March 27th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
cool thanks for that info
March 27th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Who is the first of the first sea reptile that live?
Cheers,
Irvine
March 28th, 2010 at 6:44 am
who is the Dinosaur the Dares to hunt a Juvnile(not baby or not adult,the middle of them,we can say kid)T-rex?
March 28th, 2010 at 10:06 am
i read dragons lived with dinosaurs. did dragons live with them?
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March 28th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Cool I never knew that!
March 28th, 2010 at 10:33 am
what kind of foliage and fruit were there? this would probably be tough since there wouldnt be any fossilized fruits unless there was a ancient seed
March 28th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Did T-rex Ever Battle an adult Sauropod or come across one?
March 29th, 2010 at 1:01 am
What was the most northenly dinosaur?
March 29th, 2010 at 7:27 am
LOL theres a pencil in the top picture! xD
March 29th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
umm paksofspinos theres no such thing as dragons. you see, the chinese started the legend and when they found dinosaur bones, they were thought as dragon bones so the answer is no
April 4th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Cheese is good!