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Subject: How do scientists know what the world looked like 195,000,000 years ago?

Date: Tue Sep 19 09:15:40 2006
Posted by Jonathan
Grade level: 4-6 School: Todd Elem.
City: Briarcliff Manor State/Province: NY Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1158682540.Es
Message:

I was looking the book "Scholastic Dinosaurs A to Z".  On page 65 there is a 
drawing of a Cryolophosaurus.  It shows the dinosaur standing in Antarctica but 
the picture looks like a jungle.  How did the scientific illustrator know what 
Antartica looked like when the Cryolophosaurus lived there?  Thank you very 
much.  Sincerely, Jonathan


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