Raptor | Essay & Project Ideas

Raptor Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. What dinosaurs are called raptors? Why are they so named?

2. Where in Utah are dinosaur remains to be found? Where would tourists be able to go to see dinosaur digs?

3. What kinds of dinosaurs have been found in Utah? Have any of them been found anywhere else?

4. What is the history of dinosaur fossil hunting in Utah?

5. If you were to mount an expedition to hunt for dinosaur remains in Utah, what would you need? How would you organize the expedition? Who would you need to join you?

6. Is there such a thing as a Utahraptor? If so, who first identified it? What sets it apart from other dinosaurs? When did it live? How much of Zindel's description of Utahraptors is from science and how much did he make up?

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