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Once found almost entirely in the western United States and in Asia, dinosaur fossils ate now being discovered on all seven cont
Once found almost entirely in the western United States and in Asia, dinosaur fossils ate now being discovered on all seven cont
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2010-02-20
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Once found almost entirely in the western United States and in Asia, dinosaur fossils ate now being discovered on all seven continents. A host of new revelations emerged in 1998 that promise to reshape scientists ’ views of dinosaurs, including what they looked like and when and where they lived.
It is doubtful that Tyrannosaurus Rex had lips or that Triceratops had cheeks, says Lawrence Wttmer, an assistant professor of anatomy at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Witmer was a leading researcher for a study on dinosaur anatomy that was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology, which concluded on October 3 in Snowbird, Utah.
Witmer’s study reached its conclusions by using high-tech computerized axial to mograply (CT or CAT) scans along with comparative anatomy studies, For example, the theory that Triecratops and similar dinosaur species had cheeks was based on past comparisons with mammals such as sheep. But Witmer’s earful analysis found the structure of the triceratops jaw and skull made it more likely that Triecratops had a beak like that of an eagle. Witmer said that scientists should use birds and crocodiles as models when researching the appearance of dinosaurs.
In early October scientists announced that they had confirmed the discovery of a new type of ceratopsian dinosaur. The dinosaur’s bones, found in New Mexico in 1996, are forcing paleontologists to rethink their theories about when ceratopsians migrated to what is now North America.
Scientists previously thought that ceratopsians, the group that included the well-known Triceratops, arrived in North America from Asia between 70 million and 80 million years ago. During this time, the late Gretaceous Period, the earth’s two supercontinents -- Laurasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south -- were in the process of pulling apart, cutting dinosaur populations off from each other and interrupting migratory patterns.
The fossilized bones, found by eight-year-old Christopher Wolfe and his father, paleontologist Doug Wolfe of the Mesa Southwest Museum in Arizona, date to about 90 million years ago. This could mean that ceratopsians originated in North America and migrated to Asia rather than the reverse, paleontologists said. Doug Wolfe named the important new species of dinosaur Zuniceratops christopheri after his son.
An expedition from the Universities of Alaska in Anchorage and Fairbanks has discovered a region in remote northern Alaska so rich in fossilized dinosaur tracks that team members dubbed it the "dino expressway". The trampled area was found during the summer of 1998 in Alaska’s Noah Slope near the Brooks Range.
The team found 13 new track sites and made easts from the prints of five different types of dinosaurs. The rook in which the prints were found dates to more than 100 million years ago, or about 25 million years older than the previously discovered signs of dinosaurs in the Artic region. Paleontologists said that the new findings provide important evidence that dinosaurs migrated between Asia and North America during the early and mid-Cretaceous Period, before Asia split off into its own continent.
Two rich fossil sites in the hills of Bolivia have been recently discovered, exciting paleontologists and dinosaur buffs. This discovery includes one of the most spectacular dinosaur trackways ever found.
The discovery of a large site in the mountain region of Kila Kila in southern Bolivia was announced in early October. Here scientists found the tracks of at least two unknown species of dinosaur. These included a large quadruped (four-foot ed) dinosaur that was probably about 20m (about 70ft. ) long.
The other site, located not far from the Bolivian city of Sucre, was uncovered in a cement quarry by workers several years ago but was not brought to paleontologists’ attention until the middle of 1998. The site features a vertical wall covered with thousands of dinosaur prints representing more than 100 different species. The tracks date back to between 65 million and 70 million years ago. Since dinosaurs are believed to have died out around 65 million years ago, the prints were likely made by some of the last dinosaurs on earth.
Scientists speculated that the tracks were made at the edge of a lake or swamp and were then hardened and preserved. The rock containing the tracks was then pushed into a vertical position over millions of years of geologic activity. Dinosaur eggs have also been found at the site, which paleontologists are working to preserve before it falls victim to erosion. Paleontologists hope to study the site and learn about the diet and physical characteristics of the dinosaurs that are represented there.
Witmer’s research leads people to believe ______.
选项
A、Tyrannosaurus Rex had lips and Triceratops had cheeks
B、dinosaurs might have looked like mammals such as sheep
C、dinosaurs might not have looked like what we thought
D、dinosaurs must have looked like birds or crocodiles
答案
C
解析
该题问:Witmer的研究使人们相信什么?A项意为“Tyrannosaurus Rex有嘴唇,Triceratops有面颊”。第二段的首句说It is doubtful that Tyrannosaurus Rex had lips or that Triceratops had cheeks,says Lawrence Witmer,an assistant professor..,Witmer说以往认为的Tyrannosanrus Rex有嘴唇可能是有疑问的。因此A项不正确。B项意为“恐龙看上去像哺乳动物,例如羊”。第三段中提及以往对恐龙外表的判断是基于对此类的羊等哺乳动物的比较,既然他认为这种对比不正确,那么恐龙的外表就不太可能像羊。因此B项不正确。D项意为“恐龙的外表一定像鸟或鳄鱼”。这似乎过于绝对了。因为Witmer只是认为以后的对恐龙外貌的研究应以鸟或鳄鱼作模型,但没有说恐龙一定像鸟或鳄鱼。这样看来C项“恐龙可能看上去不像我们以往所认为的那样”比较符合第二、三段所讲的内容。
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