Nigersaurus (the dinosaur with 500 teeth!)
Quick Nigersaurus Facts:
-Lived during the middle Cretaceous period
-Lived on the African continent
-Was a sauropod
-Was about 60 feet long
-It had 500 teeth
-Name means "Niger River Lizard"
Centrosaurus
Quick Centrosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Canada
- Weighed as much as an Asian elephant
- Had a nasal horn like a rhinoceros
- Was about 2 car lengths long
- May have traveled in large packs like buffalo do
Dryosaurus
Quick Dryosaurus Facts:
- Was a car length long
- Weighed approximately as much as an adult human male
- Lived in what is now North America
- Lived during Late Jurassic Period
- Was an herbivore
Gasosaurus
Quick Gasosaurus Facts:
- Was the subject of an online hoax
- Weighed a little less than a lion
- Lived in what is now China
- Lived during mid-Jurassic period
- Was a carnivore
Bruhathkayosaurus
Quick Bruhathkayosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as India
- As long as the Chicago Water Tower is high
- Weighed as much as 20 elephants
- Its name means "huge-bodied lizard"
- Was an herbivore
Camptosaurus
Quick Camptosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Europe and North America
- As long as 1/2 the length of a semi-trailer
- Weighed as much as 2 Grizzly Bears
- Its name means "flexible lizard"
- Was an herbivore
Giraffatitan
Quick Giraffatitan Facts:
- Weighs as much as 10 Asian elephants
- About 4 times as long as a giraffe
- Lived in what is now Africa
- Lived during the Late-Jurassic period
- Was an herbivore
Procompsognathus
Quick Procompsognathus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Germany
- Could run as fast as an ostrich
- Weighed as much as a liter of water
- Its name means "before elegant jaw"
- Was an carnivore or insectivore
Yangchuanosaurus
Quick Yangchuanosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as China
- Lived during the late Jurassic
- Was approximately 3 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as 2 adult giraffes
- Was a carnivore
Struthiomimus
Quick Struthiomimus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Canada and the United States
- Lived during the Cretaceous period
- Could run as fast as a gazelle
- Weighed as much as a panda bear
- Was an herbivore or an omnivore
Saichania
Quick Saichania Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as China
- Lived during the late Cretaceous period
- Was 2 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as 2 giraffes
- Was an herbivore
Qijianglong
Quick Qijianglong Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as China
- Lived during the late Jurassic period
- Was about 5 car lengths long
- Its name means "Dragon of Qijiang"
- Was an herbivore
Shunosaurus
Quick Shunosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known China
- Lived during the middle Jurassic period
- Was about 4 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as 2 adult giraffes
- Was an herbivore
Nodosaurus
Quick Nodosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as North America
- Lived during the early Cretaceous period
- Was about 2 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as 2 Grizzly Bears
- Was an herbivore
Astrodon
Quick Astrodon Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as the United States
- Lived during the early to middle Cretaceous period
- Was almost as long as 2 london buses
- Weighed as much as 2-1/2 elephants
- Was an herbivore
- Is the State dinosaur of Maryland
Achillobator
Quick Achillobator Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Mongolia
- Lived during the late Cretaceous period
- Was almost as long as a london bus
- Weighed as much as an Arabian horse
- Was a carnivore
Citipati
Quick Citipati Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as Mongolia
- Lived during the late Cretaceous period
- Had its young in a nest
- Weighed as much as a pig
- Was a carnivore
Kosmoceratops
Quick Kosmoceratops Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as North America
- Lived during the late Cretaceous period
- Has the most horns of any other dinosaur
- Weighed almost as much as a rhino
- Was an herbivore
Sinornithosaurus
Quick Sinornithosaurus Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as China
- Lived during the early Cretaceous period
- As long as a yard stick
- Weighed as much as a cat
- Was a carnivore
Sinosauropteryx
Quick Sinosauropteryx Facts:
- Lived in what is now known as China
- Lived during the early Cretaceous period
- Could run as fast as a greyhound
- Weighed as much as a brick
- Was a carnivore
