That's right! This foot belonged to an Allosaurus, which was very good at kicking and fighting! Look at the toes, and imagine the long claws that made this foot a dangerous weapon.

Human feet were made for walking. The heel bones are larger than in most animals and offer solid support for walking and running.

Dinosaur fossils are rarely found in complete skeletons. Usually the bones are scattered and paleontologists have to sort them and piece them back together.

Here are two complete skeletonsóan ornitholestes dinosaur and a human. Although they lived over 70 million years apart, their bones have become jumbled. Can you sort the bones and drag them to the right place on each outline?

 
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