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UNSEEN IN ‘19
JULY: Lawn loungers at Georgiana Smith Gardens form a pattern APRIL: University of Oregon archaeologists look for homestead OCTOBER: Halloween “referees” Sue Fogle and Pat Tanner at A
of crossed legs.
evidence at Ruthton Park (which is closed for budget reasons.)
Kidz Zone Dental.
SEPTEMBER: Jehovah’s Witness Debbie Lincicum sweeps up at
the library steps; “we gather here so it’s a way of saying thanks.”
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
OCTOBER: Diver Archer Mayo on the aluminum BPA-CRITFC JUNE: Eliot Glacier distorted through a glass at Parkdale’s Grate-
boat he salvaged from the Columbia; it had sank in 2017.
ful Winery. (And wine inverts Mount Hood in miniature at center.) AUGUST: Michael Peterson repairs library window grout.
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 4
What is the T-Rex called?
This much smaller T-Rex is called Suskityrannus.
Suski comes from the Zuni Native American
word for “coyote” and the Latin word “tyrannus”
which means king. Combined, the name would
be “Coyote King.” Do you think this is a good
name?
Where was this fossil found?
The fossil for the Suskityrannus was found
by Sterling Nesbitt when he was just 16
years old! He was on a
school dig trip in the
Zuni Basin of western
New Mexico.
That was 20 years ago.
At first, scientists thought
the fossil Nesbitt discovered
was a velociraptor. New
research has determined
that is actually a cousin of
the T-Rex—which is the news!
Photo: Hazel Wolfe
Are you an eagle-eyed paleontologist?
When paleontologists go on a dig to find fossilized dinosaur bones, they
have to be very observant. What looks like a small stick, might actually be
a dinosaur bone! As they dig, they don’t want to dig too fast or they might
break a buried bone. It takes being an eagle-eyed paleontologist to do it
right.
Use your eagle-eyes! Find and circle the fossils below buried
in the layers of rock and sediment at right.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Paleontologists in Nebraska discovered
the remains of mammals that were more than 11 million years
old. These animals had died at a watering hole following a
massive volcanic eruption in what is now the state of Idaho.
Color each odd-numbered square red and each even-numbered
square yellow to find out how many miles from the volcano the
Nebraska fossil site is located.
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7 4 5 8 4 2 5 4 8 2 7 2 8 4 7
1 6 7 2 9 8 9 2 3 6 5 4 5 6 1
7 2 1 4 7 6 7 4 7 2 3 8 9 2 7
9 8 7 2 6 4 1 8 4 8 7 4 2 8 1
Find the words in the puzzle.
OBSERVANT
How many of them can you
find on this page?
CAREFULLY
DINOSAUR
T N A V R E S B O R
TYRANNUS
Y T I D A S C N U Y
DETAIL
R T Y G E O T A R I
FOSSIL
COYOTE
A F L N Y T S G A K
BONES
N E O O B O A N D S
EAGLE
N B T S N I F I N U
SUSKI
U E N I S U G K L S
LATIN
KING
S S D R N I T A L E
FAST
C A R E F U L L Y X
DIG
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
BIG
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Read the first paragraph of an article on the
front page. Label the who, what, when and
where of this news. Then write a lead para-
graph about the discovery of the Suskityrannus.
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15
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write a narrative that
develops a plot and setting and an appropriate point of view.
I am:
❑ taller ❑ shorter than the Suskityrannus.
The Suskityrannus weighed between 45 to 90 pounds.
This is way less than the T-Rex which weighed around 9 tons!
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A Dinosaur Named Sue
The first T. rex specimen was
found in the year 1900.
Since then, only a handful of
________________ that are
more than half complete have
been discovered.
In 1990, researchers discov-
ered the bones of a T. rex they
named Sue. Sue’s skeleton
was 90 percent complete.
Sue is the largest, most
___________ and best
preserved T. rex ever found.
Most of Sue’s bones are in
excellent condition and have a
high ___________ of surface
detail. 67 million years after
her death, it is still possible to
see fine ____________
showing where __________ ,
tendons and other soft tissues
rested against, or attached to,
the bone.
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details
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Front Page Leads
It was about 3 feet tall and 9 feet long from nose to tail.
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Standards Link: Life Science: Some kinds of animals that once lived on Earth have
disappeared and some resemble others that are alive today.
How many bones can you find on this page in two
minutes? Have a friend try. Who found the most bones?
How big was the Suskityrannus?
Work with a family member to
replace the missing words in
this article.
Observation Game
Look at a photograph in today’s
newspaper for 15 seconds. Observe as
many details as you can. Cover the
picture and write down the details you
remember. How many did you get?
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
What is the world’s greatest
treasure? Why?