Dinosaurs had ruled Earth for 170 million years

For 170 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Dinosaurs were lizard-like reptiles （爬行動物）. In 1842, Sir Richard Owen, an English biologist and palaeontologist （古生物學家）, came up with the name dinosaur to describe the extinct （絕種的） reptile fossil （化石）. In fact, the name dinosaur says something about the dinosaur itself – it comes from Greek words meaning “terrible lizard”!  We now know that dinosaurs are not lizards. However, “terrible lizard” ...Read More