Gorgosaurus
Quick Gorgosaurus Facts:
- This dinosaur had a max speed of 28 MPH
- It lived 76 million years ago
- It weighed as much as a box truck
- Was as long as 3 car links
- It could bite through bone
Apatosaurus
Quick Apatosaurus Facts:
- Another name for Apatosaurus is Brontosaurus.
- This dinosaur was an herbivore
- It could crack its tail at over 200 decibels
- It's name means “deceptive lizard”
- Likely, it was impossible for it to raise its head
Deinonychus
Quick Deinonychus Facts:
- These dinosaurs are believed to be highly intelligent
- They stood about 5 feet tall
- They weighed about as much as a man does
- These dinosaurs are believed to have been warm blooded
- This dinosaur had over 60 razor sharp teeth
Ankylosaurus
Quick Ankylosaurus Facts:
- Its armor was similar to that of a modern crocodile
- Its tail was used like a weapon
- Godzilla's nemesis Anguirus is based on Ankylosaurus
- Fossils of this dinosaur have been found in Canada and Montana
- Its armor made it almost impossible to be preyed upon
Carnotaurus
Quick Carnotaurus Facts:
- The Carnotaurus can run as fast a kangaroo can hop
- It weighed as much as 10 gorillas
- Had tiny arms like a T Rex
- Only one fossil of this dinosaur has yet been found
- It knobby horns may have been used for combat.
Dilophosaurus
Quick Dilophosaurus Facts:
- Dilophosaurus may have been warm blooded
- Its fossils have been found in North America and China
- It is believed to have a top speed of about 20 MPH
- Dilophosaurus weighed as much as 5 large boars
- It was three times as long as a human is tall
Argentinosaurus
Quick Argentinosaurus Facts:
- This dinosaur weighed as much as 10 African Elephants!
- It was almost as long as a football field is wide!
- Its name means “Argentine Lizard”
- They had a top speed of about 5 MPH—as fast as a turtle
- They had a max height of about 4 stories.
Giganotosaurus
Quick Giganotosaurus Facts:
- Giganotosaurus had a 6 foot long head—as big as the average human!
- This dinosaur could swallow a human being in one bite
- It had almost 80 serrated teeth
- Its largest teeth were 8 inches long
- This dinosaur was as almost as long as a railroad car.
Tyrannosaurus
Quick Tyrannosaurus Facts:
- This dinosaur had 60 razor sharp teeth
- The teeth on the Tyrannosaurus could be up to 9 inches long
- This dinosaur used its tail to maintain balance
- The Tyrannosaurus weighed as much as an Asian Elephant
- This dinosaur's top speed was about 18 MPH—faster than humans!
Allosaurus
Quick Allosaurus Facts:
- This dinosaur weighed about half as much as an African Elephant
- It stood 16 feet tall; 3 feet taller than the average elephant
- It was 40 feet or longer; this made it as long as 3 Hippos
- Allosaurus means “different lizard”
- It could move at about 20 MPH—the speed of a charging giraffe.
Brachiosaurus
Quick Brachiosaurus Facts:
- Their names mean “arm lizards”
- They weighed as much 4 elephants
- They stood over 2 ½ stories high
- They were as long as 2 railroad cars
- They lived in North America, Africa and Tanzania
Stegosaurus
Quick Stegosaurus Facts:
- Stegosaurus had the brain of a Walnut
- Scientists call the Stegosaurus's spiked tail a thagomizer
- It swallowed rocks to aid in digesting plant matter
- Stegosaurus means “roofed lizard”
- This dinosaur's bite was weaker than a human's bite
Diplodocus
Quick Diplodocus Facts:
- Diplodocus means Double Beamed.
- Diplodocus weighed the same as a truck (12-13 tons)
- This dinosaur's neck and tail consisted of almost 100 vertebrae
- One of the slowest moving dinosaurs reaching speeds of around 8 miles per hour
- Diplodocus specimens have been found in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming
Brontosaurus
Quick Brontosaurus Facts:
- The Brontosaurus was a herbivore
- Name of this dinosaur means “Thunder Lizard”
- The Brontosaurus didn't chew its food
- It's believed this dinosaur's tail was used as a weapon
- Brontosaurus remains have been found in Utah, Wyoming And Mexico
Spinosaurus
Quick Spinosaurus Facts:
- The meaning of Spinosaurus is Spine Lizard
- They were the biggest carnivorous dinosaur on Earth
- They could weigh as much as 3 elephants
- They could stand over 6 stories high
- They lived around Egypt and Morocco
- They lived during the Cretaceous period
Triceratops
Quick Triceratops Facts:
- Triceratops were 30 feet long (as long as 3 car links)
- Triceratops weighed 12 tons; as much as 2 male elephants
- They lived in the parts of Western Canada and U.S
- They charged just like Rhinos do when threatened
- They were herbivores
Velociraptor
Quick Velociraptor Facts:
- They have hollow bones like a bird
- Their name means “swift robber”
- They were carnivorous scavengers
- They weighed less than an average turkey
- They lived around Central Asia and Mongolia
