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��� * All dinosaurs were green - Nobody knows for sure what color the dinosaurs were, but one could say that this is probably false.
��� * Dinosaurs livd in the sea - Although other prehistoric reptiles lived in the sea, such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs during the time of the dinosaurs, that does not make them dinosaurs. Dinosaurs did not live in the oceans.
��� * Dinosaurs were giant lizards - False. Dinosaurs were categorized as reptiles, they were not members of the lizard group.
��� * Dinosaurs flew in the air - False. Dinosaurs could not fly. Many people have the misconception that plesiosaurs was a dinosaur because it lived during the age of dinosaurs, but this is not true.
��� * Dinosaurs were the only animals alive during the Age of Dinosaurs - False. Many other prehistoric reptiles lived during this period. Animals such as worms, insects, fish, amphibians, lizards and other kinds of reptiles.
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News photos of giant dinosaur bones found in Argentina's Patagonia region.
Argentinean scientists have discovered gigantic neck, back, and tail bones from one of the biggest dinosaurs ever to roam the Earth.
Puertasaurus reuili, seen here in an artist's conception, is estimated to have been 115 to 131 feet (35 to 40 meters) long and weighed between 88 and 110 tons (80 and 100 metric tons).
The new species, which lived about 70 million years ago, is one of the titanosaurs�a group of plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs that walked on four feet and are known for their long necks and tails. Paleontologist Fernando Novas and his colleagues announced the find on July 21, 2006.
�Illustration by Gabriel Lio, courtesy Fernando Novas
�Palentologist Fernando Novas poses with a bone from Puertasaurus reuili, a giant plant-eating dinosaur. The dorsal (back) vertebra, about 3.5 feet (1 meter) tall and 5.5 feet (1.7 meters) wide, is one of four fossils from the species unearthed in Argentina's Patagonia region.
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