Dinosaur Fossils

noun a bony plate or scale that forms part of the dermal armor of certain reptiles

• The osteoderms of the crocodile provide protection and support for its body.
• Check out the cool bony plates on the crocodile's back, those are called osteoderms.
• That croc's got some serious armor with those osteoderms!
• Just like the osteoderms on a crocodile, sometimes we need to put up our own barriers for protection.

adjective relating to or denoting the earliest period of the Mesozoic era, between the Permian and Jurassic periods

• The Triassic period occurred approximately 252 to 201 million years ago.
• Did you know that dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period?
• The Triassic era was when the cool dinosaurs roamed the earth.
• Exploring the Triassic period is like taking a journey back in time.