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GG PARK 3/26/10 10:13 AM Page 9
C M Y CM MY CY CMY K
They suredid.
Cynodontiaand
Thecodontiafossils werediscovered
in theregion wherethe park is
today.
Still, it’s like we’re theFlintstones with all
the dinosaurs!
Haha ...Unfortunately,
no.
Can we go and visitthe park, dad?
Can we?
Yes, a trip toGolden Gate sounds
good to me.
Did you know that the firstfossilised dinosaur eggs werefound at Golden Gate National
Park in 1978?
Wow!That’s not
too farfrom here!
Of coursethere weredinosaurs in
South Africa.In quite a fewplaces, actually. There
were?
Dad, way back in the olddays, why were there no
dinosaurs inSouth Africa?
Lots of otherbones andfootprintswere also
found.You can takea tour at thepark to seethese sites.
Wasthere aT-Rextoo?
Yes. The eggs were saidto be from the Triassicperiod, about 200 million
years ago.
Did theyfind any
skeletonstoo?
MELUSI AND MILOThe Dinosaurs of Golden GateMelusi and his dog Milo (SANParksunofficial envoys of conservation andbiodiversity) are always keen to teachabout the importance of nature.
Melusi learns about the Dinosaurs andtheir existance in South Africa manyyears ago.
Carto
on
Strip
Car
toon
Strip
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