|
|
Article: Dinosaur dance floor?(SCIENCE)
- Article from:
- WR News, Edition 3 (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Weekly Reader Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Where do tyrannosaurs tango? On the dino dance floor!
Scientists recently found more than 1,000 holes that may be dinosaur footprints. The holes are in Arizona. Scientists call the area the dino dance floor because the site is so packed with dino footprints that scientists imagined dinosaurs boggled there.
Researchers say dings probably went there for water. The site might have been an oasis. That is a spot in a desert where plants and water can be found.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Still, some people aren't sure that dinosaurs made the holes. Scientist Marjorie Chan will do more research to find out what caused them. "Our science is a ... ...