Euoplocephalus
Quick Euoplocephalus Facts:
- Weighed as much as 4 horses
- Was as long as a box truck
- May have traveled in herds
- Could run as fast as a rhinoceros
- Could eat the equivalent of 200 heads of lettuce a day
Mapusaurus
Quick Mapusaurus Facts:
- Weighed as much as a Hippopotamus
- Was as long as a Whale Shark
- Was over a story high
- Was as fast as a White Tailed Deer
- Lived in South America
Cryolophosaurus
Quick Cryolophosaurus Facts:
- Weighed a little more than a Polar Bear
- Was 2 car lengths long
- Ran as fast as an African Elephant
- May have had feathers
- Lived in what is now Antarctica
- Was a carnivore
- Has been called “Elvisaurus”
Maiasaura
Quick Maiasaura Facts:
- Was as fast as an African Elephant
- Was 3 car links long
- Needed as much food as an Asian Elephant
- Needed 50 gallons of water a day
- Weighed as much as a Hippopotamus
Megaraptor
Quick Megaraptor Facts:
- It weighed as much as a Black Rhinoceros
- Was 2 car lengths long
- It could run as fast as an ostrich
- May have hunted in packs
- Lived in South America
Yutyrannus
Quick Yutyrannus Facts:
- Could run as fast as a T- Rex
- Was 3 car links long
- Weighed as much as a Hippopotamus
- Lived in what is now Asia
- It's name means “feathered tyrant”
Plateosaurus
Quick Plateosaurus Facts:
- Was about 2 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as a small cow
- Could run as fast as a greyhound
- Its name means “flat lizard”
- It was an herbivore
Supersaurus
Quick Supersaurus Facts:
- Supersaurus was 5 stories tall
- It was 14 car links long
- Weighed as much as 5 African Elephants
- Its neck was as long as a Tyrannosaurus Rex
- May have “cracked” its tail like a whip
- Lived in North America
Daspletosaurus
Quick Daspletosaurus Facts:
- Weighed as much as an Asian Elephant
- Was 3 car lengths long
- Was a story high
- Had 72 razor sharp teeth
- Lived in North America
- Had a top speed of a pig—about 15 MPH
- Was half as fast as a Albertosaurus or Gorgosaurus
Camarasaurus
Quick Camarasaurus Facts:
- Lived to the age of 26 years old
- Weighed as much as 4 African Elephants
- Could be as long as 6 car links
- May have traveled in large herds
- May have had clutches of eggs
Eoraptor
Quick Eoraptor Facts:
- Eoraptor was about the size of a beagle
- Lived in South America
- Could run as fast as a rabbit
- Just a little bit taller than a chicken
- Was about 3 pounds heavier than a modern turkey
Corythosaurus
Quick Corythosaurus Facts:
- Weighed as much as an African Elephant
- Was 3 car links long
- May have had webbed feet
- May have ran over 30 MPH
- May have been semi-aquatic
Amargasaurus
Quick Amargasaurus Facts:
- Was 3 car lengths long
- Weighed as much as 2 White Rhinoceroses
- Lived to be about 100 years old
- Could run up to 31 MPH—same as a rhino!
- Lived in South America
Gigantoraptor
Quick Gigantoraptor Facts:
- Was over 2 car links long
- Weighed as much as a Hippopotamus
- Had hollow bones like a bird
- Gigantoraptor means “Giant Thief”
- May have moved like a giant chicken
Amphicoelias
Quick Amphicoelias Facts:
- Weighed as much as 20 African Elephants
- Lived in what is now North America
- Was Twice the length of a Blue Whale
- Weighed 1400 times the average human
- Probably could only walk 5 MPH or less
Seismosaurus
Quick Seismosaurus Facts:
- Weighed as much as 3 trucks
- Seismosaurus was found in New Mexico
- May just be a large Diplodocus
- Was the length of 2 bowling lanes put together
- Was almost 2 stories high
Pachyrhinosaurus
Quick Pachyrhinosaurus Facts:
- May have run as fast as 20 MPH
- Lived in parts of Canada and Alaska
- Its name means “thick nosed lizard”
-3 species of this dinosaur have been discovered
- Weighed as much as a Black Rhinoceros
Styracosaurus
Quick Styracosaurus Facts:
- May have run faster than an Elephant
- Weighed as much as a Black Rhinoceros
- Was an herbivore
- Styracosaurus means “spiked lizard”
- It lived in what is now North America
Protoceratops
Quick Protoceratops Facts:
- Protoceratops was an herbivore
- Found in parts of Mongolia and North America
- Its ancestors probably walked on two legs
- Its name means “First Horned Face”
- It was about the size of a large hog
Torosaurus
Quick Torosaurus Facts:
- Probably lived near the coast of North America
- Was a plant eater or herbivore
- Life size statue of this dinosaur is at the Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Fossils of Torosaurus have been found in Wyoming
- Their bony frills had big holes in them
