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About the Course

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian dinosaurs. Topics covered: anatomy, eating, locomotion, growth, environmental and behavioral adaptations, origins and extinction. Lessons are delivered from museums, fossil-preparation labs and dig sites. Estimated workload: 3-5 hrs/week....

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II

Nov 25, 2020

Well done, nicely organized, easy to go at your own pace. Perhaps hits vocabulary too much. I'd rather have a stronger paleoecology componet. Still, very enjoyable and full of stories.

RS

Nov 16, 2020

This was such an awesome course! Philip and Betsey were great to listen to, they make the course fun and every lesson is fascinating to learn. My love for dinosaurs have grown so much more.

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By Andres A

Sep 28, 2017

Los exámenes al final de cada modulo deberían ser un poco más complicados.

By Stefan

Nov 25, 2018

Very interesting with excellent instructional videos at a relaxing pace

By Romain G D R

Aug 18, 2020

Basic, but well explained for beginners, solid knowledge afterwards

By Nelma E L

Oct 10, 2020

I wish I could use the fossil viewer. I couldn't access it at all

By Louis V

Apr 8, 2017

Engaging intro course with superb visuals and virtual specimens.

By Broseidon1273

Jun 17, 2020

Pretty good, but the video quality wasn't too great.

By Gary D

Aug 12, 2020

Very difficult, so much nomenclature to remember.

By Kok L C

Apr 28, 2020

Interesting and informative. Glad I took it.

By Laura T

May 16, 2018

This was very informative and enjoyable

By Joel H

Jun 9, 2019

Very good course with lots of detail.

By Opal S

Sep 26, 2025

fun to do but outdated information

By Tisya D

Sep 28, 2020

I liked the course ❤️ Thanks

By Raymond D

Oct 11, 2017

Great course. Learned a lot.

By Turf M

Oct 22, 2021

Good overview of the topic

By Carlos P F

Dec 9, 2018

really entertaining course

By Raphaël G

Oct 13, 2022

c'etait super

By Cora H

Apr 22, 2017

This was fun!

By Robin R F V

Jul 17, 2023

QUITE GOOD!!

By Koustav M

Jun 10, 2020

Good

By Martin E

Oct 23, 2020

An interesting course that had plenty of material that was new, informative and well presented. However it felt some what dated and I was very disappointed that the fossil viewer only worked on one occasion - and when it did the images seemed low resolution and not reflective of current technology. That said I enjoyed the presentations and learnt a lot, even if I found the names of species, groups and so on confusing and overwhelming. I would have liked to see more images (and at higher resolution) of some of the animals/concepts being discussed. That said, I want to emphasis that I learnt a lot and will make time to read further on the topic).

By J.

Aug 26, 2025

It was very interesting to learn about the dinosaurs. The examples from the museum were cool and you could see the presentor had a passion for dinosaurs. However they would use difficult words (understandable) but without giving a really clear definition which resulted in me having to google it myself. Oh also some of the links in the class notes don't work anymore However I did learn a whole lot about dinosaurs and my knowledge is now a lot more then it was before (Dino's lived and at one point they died and also Trex). I now know about the importance of a dinosaurs hips and what fenestrae are and a lot more

By Caitlyn L (

Apr 19, 2024

Hesperonychus is classified as saurischian, and in an earlier lesson we were told that saurischians had forward-tilted pubes. But, Hesperonychus has a backward-tilted pubes. Birds have backward-tilted pubes yet descended from theropods, which were saurischian. its wrong please fix this for the other learners so they dont get it wrong.

By Sophia F C M

Jul 23, 2022

Comecei o curso há pouco tempo, está em inglês e não existe a possibilidade de colocá-lo em português, por isso a aprendizagem do conteúdo acaba sendo imensamente mais difícil. Peço que em breve exista a possibilidade de incorporar outras línguas à tradução do curso.

By Bernardo

May 15, 2020

Good for beginners, but as good as I could've been. the facts used in this are like from 2014. I would benefit from using more up to date facts, could've also focused more on some non-dinosaurian animals.

By SALEEKHA P K T

Jun 14, 2020

An awesome course..enjoyed very much..Thank you coursera