Facts About Fossils!
By Avery Salvatore
Facts About the Woolly Rhino from Dogo News
- The woolly rhino lived on Earth between 20,000 - 50,000 years ago
- They were herbivores
- They lived alone or in really small family groups
- They had long gray-brown shaggy hair and two horns both made out of matted hair
- The closest one is a rhino species that lives on the island of Sumatra
Facts About Woolly Mammoths from NEWSLA
Woolly mammoths are known for their heavy fur coats and long, curved teeth called tusks
They had extra bones called cervical ribs
Mammoths lived in a tough environment
They faced hunger and disease
16 samples of mammoth bones from the base of the neck at the Natural History Museum
A scientist looked at other bones in comparison
Facts About Fossils from Fossils: A Peek into the Past
- The Ice Age occurred between 1.6 million and 10,000 years ago
- Woolly Mammoths are extinct
- Carnivores are animals that eat meat
- Herbivores are animals that eat plants
- A Mammoth's tooth lasted 10,000 years or more
- Mammoths weighed about 6 to 8 tons and were about 9 feet tall
- Scientists never saw anything like what Mary found
- There was a fossil craze in England
- The place where Mary lived was and still is full of fossils to be discovered
- The creature was named Plesiosaurus, meaning "almost like a lizard."
- Mary learned her skills from her father