USGS Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ's about Paleontology

How can I find field record materials (original field notes and related material made by USGS geologists) and mapping notes?

What is plate tectonics?

Is it true that the magnetic field occasionally reverses its polarity?

Could the mass extinctions observed in the paleontological record be correlated with magnetic reversals?

What was Pangea?

What are sedimentary rocks?

What is geologic time?

Did people and dinosaurs live at the same time?

Were dinosaurs warm-blooded?

When did the dinosaurs first appear on Earth?

How long could a dinosaur live?

What was the biggest dinosaur? What was the smallest?

How many types of dinosaurs are known?

Where did dinosaurs live?

What did dinosaurs eat?

How are dinosaurs named?

Are all fossil animals dinosaurs?

Did all the dinosaurs live together, and at the same time?

How fast could dinosaurs walk or run?

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