Presentation on the sauropod dinosaur fossil
Construct a presentation on your favorite fossil using the following as an outline:
Show pictures of your fossils and state why you chose that fossil.
What is its scientific name?
i. Genus and species
ii. What does that name mean (breakdown the Latin or Greek)?
What is its colloquial name? i. e.g., “clam”, “bird”.
When did it live? Give the geologic age range for your fossil.
Where did it live?
Where was your fossil found? Show a map of:
1. The present day, where it was found.
2. The past, show a paleogeographic map of the time period your fossil lived and where it was located.
What did your fossil do for a living?
What did it eat/how did it get energy?
1. How do we know?
Was it a predator or prey?
1. How do we know?
iii. How did it move (DID it move?)?
Find two things that surprised you as you researched your fossil and inform the class.
Place your fossil on the big tree of animals (we will construct this in lecture).