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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 8 18 14: Ancient Butterfly Headed Reptile Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the this flying reptile that has recently been rediscovered by scientists after approximately 80,000 years.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: The Age of Reptiles

For Students 4th - 8th
In this interactive you will discover the history of ancient reptiles. Click your mouse on the dinosaur you wish to explore and learn all about its history. Learn about Pterosaurs, Nanatius, the Sauropod, Minmi paravertebral and many...
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: The Archelon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Archelon was the largest sea turtle ever to exist. The best specimen found, on display in Vienna, would have been fifteen feet, or four and a half meters, long when alive, and likely weighed two and a quarter tons, or 2,200...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ophthalmosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read information about the dolphin-shaped opthalmosaurus, and learn what fossil evidence tells us about this marine dinosaur's hunting, anatomy, and young. View a listing of quick facts about the opthalmosaurus' size and diet, and launch...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Peteinosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Peteinosaurus was a flying reptile from the Late Triassic period, and the fossils left behind tell us much about its anatomy, prey, and flight. This resource provides simple facts as well as several images and a video that let you see...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Anurognathus

For Students 9th - 10th
Anurognathus, from the Late Jurassic period, was a "tiny pterosaur and a cousin of the dinosaurs." Learn what the one fossil of this prehistoric animal, found in Bavaria, tells us about its diet, anatomy, and size. This resource includes...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Tapejara

For Students 9th - 10th
Tapejara was a flying reptile from the Early Cretaceous period. Learn what its fossil tells us about this animal's anatomy and diet, and view photos to see various views of its skin and body parts.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Ornithocheirus

For Students 9th - 10th
Ornithocheirus was a reptile from the Early Cretaceous period, and this resource highlights some of the facts revealed by this large pterosaur's fossilized remains. View a video and several images showing close-ups of its body parts, and...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Rhamphorhynchus

For Students 9th - 10th
Rhamphorhynchus, a flying reptile from the Late Jurrasic period, had wings up to a meter long. Learn other facts about this prehistoric animal, revealed to us through its fossils, and view a variety of images.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Hylonomus

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature looks at the earliest known reptile Hylonomus.
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Read Works

Read Works: Monster of the North

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the skeleton of a plesiosaur, a giant sea monster, found by scientists near the North Pole. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Quetzalcoatlus Northropi

For Students 9th - 10th
Quetzalcoatlus northropi was a carnivorous pterosaur larger than an African elephant. It lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Pteranodon Sternbergi

For Students 9th - 10th
Pteranodon sternbergi was a prehistoric flying reptile that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Varanus (Megalania) Priscus

For Students 9th - 10th
Varanus priscus was a prehistoric lizard that lived in Australia in the Pleistocene Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Anhanguera Blittersdorffi

For Students 9th - 10th
Anhanguera blittersdorffi was a carnivorous pterosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Pterosaurs O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Dinosaurs for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Dinosaurs: Kids learn about these ancient animals that wondered the Earth thousands of years ago. We know about them from studying fossils.