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Arising in great numbers some 230 millions of years ago (only to die out during a mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period) dinosaurs still manage to make their presence felt everywhere in the 21st century.

Today, they are a favorite subject of books & video games, have become the stars of major natural history museum exhibits and, of course, remain a top Hollywood box office draw.

Dinosaurs Rule

Now known to include hundreds of species - ranging from big-and-lumbering plant eater to fearsome killing machine - the dinosaur instantly captures the imagination as residents of a mysterius lost world.

BIG, in fact, is the operative word when it comes to dinosaurs, resulting in the public's wide-eyed awe at the likes of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptors, Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and the Iguanodon.

Dinosaurs Around the Web

Not surprisingly, dinosaurs also loom large on the Web - featuring top sites offering the latest news from dinosaur hunters on recent discoveries, galleries of dinosaur pictures & illustrations, videos, historical timelines, and kid-friendly resources & fun facts - all about the largest & most fascinating animal ever to walk the planet ...

Dinosaur - Grand overview from Wikipedia on their natural history and evolution, a look at feathered dinosaurs and the origin of birds, theories on dinosaur extinction, current controversies among paleontoligists, and the dinosaur's place in pop culture with related references & resources.

The Dinosauria - A full menu on popular misconceptions arising from books & movies, answers to commonly asked questions, and more at DinoBuzz sponsored by the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

Dinosaur Pictures at LiveScience.com - Huge collection of dinosaur drawings & color illustrations, fossil photo gallery, and a full library of related story articles.

Dinosaur & Fossils News on Yahoo! News - Comprehensive coverage including the latest headline-making discoveries, photo gallery & featured slideshows, video reports.

National Museum of Natural History - Dinosaurs - Take the virtual tour at the Smithsonian with behind-the-scenes exhibits, the A-Z of dinosaurs, more on behavior & anatomy and extinction theories, with related FAQ, interactive games.

Zoom Dinosaurs - Enchanted Learning - One of the biggest and most popular kid-friendly dinosaur sites featuring fun learning & classroom activities on dinosaur anatomy & behavior combined with goofy games, animations, dinosaur coloring pages and craft projects.

Age of the dinosaurs - BBC exploration on dinosaur's rise and fall, more on fossils and sea monsters, photo gallery, hyperlinks to related Web pages and other resources.

DinoDictionary.com - Audio files for learning how to pronounce more than 300 dinosaur names browseable in an A-Z list including notes on order classification, eating habits, weight & size, and charts illustrating their relative size to humans.

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