Dinosaurs

Published: September 27, 2023
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A Titanosaur
Titanosaur

Among the largest land animals to ever exist

A Chilesaurus
Chilesaurus

Shared traits from several dinosaur groups

A Therizinosaurus
Therizinosaurus

Longest claws of any terrestrial animal in history

A Puertasaurus
Puertasaurus

"The ribcage of a Puertosaurus was as large as a school classroom!"

A Theropod
Theropod

Some theropods had feathers and may have been ancestors of modern birds.

A Xenoposeidon
Xenoposeidon

They may have acted as 'gardeners' to clear vegetation and disperse seeds through their feces.

A Shantungosaurus
Shantungosaurus

Shantungosaurus was one of the largest duck-billed dinosaurs to have ever lived.

A Polacanthus
Polacanthus

Spiky Herbavore that looks like "bowser"

A Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Quetzalcoatlus northropi was one of the largest flying animals ever found

A Barylambda
Barylambda

Barylambda was one of the largest animals that lived during the Paleocene

A Ornithocheirus
Ornithocheirus

Scientists once considered the Ornithocheirus an ancestor to modern birds

A Embolotherium
Embolotherium

Embolotherium had a ram on its snout like a rhino but they never used it as a weapon.

A Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus

The Pachycephalosaurus' head was up to 30 times thicker and stronger than a human skull.

A Wiwaxia
Wiwaxia

The body of Wiwaxia was covered by rows of sclerites and spines

A Hatzegopteryx
Hatzegopteryx

Hatzegopteryx was one of the largest flying animals to have ever lived.

A Purussaurus
Purussaurus

Purussaurus had a bite force that is higher than that of any creature that has ever lived

A Allosaurus
Allosaurus

Allosaurus is the official state fossil of Utah because of the abundant number of fossils found in the state.

A Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus had a bite force strong enough to cut through pirey.

A Lystrosaurus
Lystrosaurus

Lystrosaurus was one of the few terrestial species that survived the permian extinction

A Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon

Dimetrodon was among the largest predators of the Early Permian Period.

A Deinocheirus
Deinocheirus

Despite being bipedal, Deinocheirus had a large forearm

A Amphicoelias Fragillimus
Amphicoelias Fragillimus

Only one fossil has been found for this dinosaur and it was lost very soon after discovery.

A Thylacosmilus
Thylacosmilus

Thylacosmilus resembled saber-toothed cats, but they’re not related

A Shastasaurus
Shastasaurus

Despite the massive size of the Shastasaurus, it only ate soft-bodied prey.

A Panthera atrox (American Lion)
Panthera atrox (American Lion)

Panthera atrox was about 25 percent larger than modern lions

A Magyarosaurus
Magyarosaurus

Magyarosaurus is the smallest sauropod dinosaur to have ever lived

A Masiakasaurus
Masiakasaurus

Masiakasaurus had dentition adapted to catching fast-moving prey.

A Epidexipteryx
Epidexipteryx

Epidexipteryx was one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs to ever exist.

A Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus

The Argentinosaurus weighed as much as 10 elephants!

A Xenoceratops
Xenoceratops

The Xenoceratops is the oldest known horned dinosaur ever discovered in Canada.

A Albertonectes
Albertonectes

The Albertonectes had the longest neck out of other Elasmosaurids.

A Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus

This dinosaur was known as the elvissaur due to its pompadour-like crest.

A Barinasuchus
Barinasuchus

Largest terrestrial predator of the Cenozoic era

A Xenotarsosaurus
Xenotarsosaurus

Xenotarsosaurus was one of the first fossils discovered in South America's Bajo Barreal formation.

A Xiaosaurus
Xiaosaurus

Xiaosaurus was a small and lightweight dinosaur

A Xiaotingia
Xiaotingia

Xiaotingia used its feathery hindlimbs for short-distance flights

A Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus was the largest predatory dinosaur in North America during the Early Jurassic Epoch of the Jurassic Period.

A Thalassomedon
Thalassomedon

The length of the Thalassomedon's neck was up to half its body length

A Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus

The Psittacosaurus dinosaurs had four limbs but were mostly bipedal.

A Muttaburrasaurus
Muttaburrasaurus

Muttaburrasaurus is named after the town of Muttaburra in central Queensland.

A Pelagornis
Pelagornis

The Pelagornis is larger than the largest living bird today.

A Sauropoda
Sauropoda

Sauropods lived in herds.

A Euoplocephalus
Euoplocephalus

Euplocephalus are the only Ankylosaurid dinosaurs with a bone plated head.

A Herrerasaurus
Herrerasaurus

Herrerasuarus was one of the earliest dinosaurs in fossil records

A Barosaurus
Barosaurus

If a barosaurus were alive today, it could stand on its hind legs and look in a 5th floor apartment window.

A Mosasaurus
Mosasaurus

The Mosasaurus was much longer than the fearsome Tyrannosaur rex.

A Tarbosaurus
Tarbosaurus

Tarbosaurus‘ name “bataar” is a mispelling of the Mongolian word “baatar,” which means “hero.”

A Allosaurus
Allosaurus

Differnt Lizard” or Allosaurus weighed around two tonnes that is almost equal to a car.

A Repenomamus
Repenomamus

One of the biggest mammals of the dinosaur age that used to eat other dinosaurs

A Diplodocus
Diplodocus

Their long tales could have been used as a whip!

A Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus

The Spinosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered!

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