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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.

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