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Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past
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Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past

1981-01-01 · 21 min · Not rated

History · Animation

Join two youngsters and their teacher as they discover clues to Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past. Putting dinosaurs in perspective is their first task. They follow a time line back from the Age of Man to the era of dinosaurs. Animation introduces a variety of dinosaurs and their environment. Students see fossilized dinosaur bones uncovered by excavators at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. They also visit a paleontologist in his lab and see a comparison of bones from two different dinosaurs. At a museum in Ottawa the two youngsters see a full-scale reconstructed tyrannosaur skeleton and identify it as a meat-eater by its feet and teeth.

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Directors
Foster Wiley
Production companies
York/Wiley Productions, Inc.
Countries
Canada, United States of America
Status
Released

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Julie WhangJulie
Roger RosenRoger
Lewis GlenvilleMr. Kirby

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