This part of the museum site is designed as a catch all for ongoing dinosaur information. Instead of just the typical dry stories you might expect to find we will try and make it fun, like our museum. You could call this Frequently Asked Questions here at the museum. No A to Z treatment here, just a bunch of fun stuff and links only to exceptional sites. We are open for suggestions. Contact us.

Carlos, Visitor from Nogales:

What was the Largest Meat -eating Reptile in the Sea?

Rexie:

The Shonisaurous was the largest Ichthyosaur at 50 feet long!

 

Madison, visitor from Tucson:

What was the smallest Dinosaur?

Rexie:

The smallest dinosaurs were just slightly larger than a chicken and youv'e probably heard of them ...Compies, Compsognathus (“pretty jaw”) was 3 feet long and probably weighed about 6 and a half pounds

 

Dylan, visitor from Mesa:

Did dinosaurs talk to each other?

Rexie:

Dinosaurs didn't talk to each other the way you humans do, but there were ways ­ sounds, skin colors movement and even the shapes of their bodies and heads ­ that dinosaurs could communicate emotions and thoughts

From visitor Johnny from Tucson:

“I collect stamps and especially dinosaur stamps. What information do you have on them?”

Rexie:

“Collecting dinosaur stamps is certainly a part of dinosaur lore. We are planning an exhibition of stamps in the near future. Many of you may remember the most recent stamps put out just a couple of years ago. James Guerney, the T Rex Museum, and the U.S. Post Office has teamed up to bring you this section. Here is that story."

P.S. We sell the book that went with these stamps in the museum gift store. It includes a full set of the very hard to get stamps with it.

 

From Susan in Tucson:

“I know it sounds funny, but I really like snakes and lizards. Were they around at the same time as the dinosaurs?”

Rexie

“Lizards and crocodiles have been around from even before we dinosaurs. Snakes came along after we had already dominated the land. And they are still here while most of us have gone on to dinosaur Heaven or as we call it Haven. Here is information about where today’s reptiles are thought to have come from.

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