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Judean Hills".
http://www.paleophilatelie.eu/description/stamps/israel_2000.html
Wikipedia. Ceratosauria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosauria
Wikipedia. Elaphrosaurus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaphrosaurus
Wikipedia. Ornithomimidae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimidae
Wikipedia. Ornithomimosauria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimosauria
Wikipedia. Struthiomimus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struthiomimus

Beit Zeit Dinosaur Footprint. http://allaboutjerusalem.com/gallery-image/dinosaurfootprints-beit-zait-next-jerusalem/204
The Dinosaurs (terrible lizards) constitute two different groups of extinct
reptiles, derived from a common ancestor and together with other groups like
crocodiles, birds and other extinct reptiles, share unique anatomical features.
The dinosaurs appeared on earth during the Triassic period, 235 million years
ago and continued to exist to the end of the Mesozoic (end of the Cretaceous) era,
when all of them, 65 million years ago, became extinct together with many other
groups of organisms. The common explanation of this mass extinction is
probably due to a massive impact of an asteroid with the face of the earth, the
consequence of which was a worldwide catastrophe to life (Tsrenov).
During most of their existence on earth (around 170 million years) the dinosaurs
dominated most of the continental habitats, were wide spread all over the
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