Road lessons

What did we find out?

1.

Lisa and Richard examine a large boulder with a protruding and very finely textured ankylosaur footprint.

What could you learn from the skin impression of a dinosaur?

Show Answer How the dinosaur's foot was moving

2.

Lisa’s finger points out the branching veins of a leaf fossil on a dark grey rock.

What kinds of plant fossils would NOT be found with Cretaceous dinosaur footprints?

Show Answer Flower bouquets

3.

A four-legged dinosaur, seen from above, with pink legs and a grey armoured back walks along a two-lane highway.

What is a characteristic of ankylosaurs?

Show Answer Armoured plates on the back

4.

Richard is driving a car with Lisa in the passenger seat.

What should you NOT do if you find an important fossil?

Show Answer Take it with you to keep it safe