Dino Index Diplodocus Diplodocus 27 meters 5 meters 11,000 kil herbivore Jurassic di – plod – ah – kuss Do You Know These Two Classic Mistakes About Diplodocus? Why is Diplodocus Famous? Diplodocus was discovered in 1877 and soon became famous for… Read More »Diplodocus
Dino Index Dilophosaurus Dilophosaurus 6 – 7 mete 1.5 meters 450 kilogr carnivore Jurassic Die – law – faw – soar – rus What Did Dilophosaurus Eat? Why Do We Ask? I wanted to ask what Dilophosaurus ate simply because… Read More »Dilophosaurus
Dino Index Deinonychus Deinonychus 2.5 -3.5 m 1.6 meters 70 Kilogra carnivore Cretaceous Dai – Nah – Ni – Kus How Big Was Deinonychus? Deinonychus was probably as tall as a man when standing, though with the tail, the whole length was… Read More »Deinonychus
Dino Index Table Header Table Header Latin Name Coelophysis Everyday Name Coelophysis Length 3 meters Height 1.3 meters Weight 30 kilogra Diet carnivore Period Triassic Pronunciation See – Lo – Fy – Sis Was Coelophysis Really a Cannibal? Coelophysis was one of the… Read More »Coelophysis
Dino Index Table Header Table Header Latin Name Baryonyx Everyday Name Baryonyx Length 10 meters Height 10 meters Weight 1.5 – 2 to Diet carnivore Period Cretaceous Pronunciation Bah – ri – on – iks Did Baryonyx Eat More than Just Fish?… Read More »Baryonyx
Apatosaurus is an interesting dinosaur, as here is one of the first big mistakes in dinosaur hunting. The name means ‘deceptive lizard’ and rightly so; it was also called ‘Brontosaurus’ (that name is no longer in use) in haste to… Read More »Apatosaurus
Of the many Jurassic dinosaurs, the most famous predators are the allosaurs. Allosaurus is maybe the best known predator of the Jurassic Period – in fact it was the number one predator of that time – so it is a… Read More »Allosaurus
Dino Index Table Header Table Header Latin Name Mamenchisaurus Everyday Name Mamenchisaurus Length 21-22 mete Height 10 meters Weight 18,000 kil Diet herbivore Period Jurassic Pronunciation Mah – men – chi – sore – us What’s in a Name?… Read More »Mamenchisaurus
Dino Index Stegosaurus 9 meters 4 meters 4.5 metric herbivore Jurassic Ste – go – sore – us The stegosaurus swung his tail, and SMASH! the little brachiosaur was struck down by the spikes in the stegosaurus’ tail. These… Read More »Stegosaurus
If you ask “Which dinosaur was the largest”, then many will come to mind the first association – tyrannosaurus. Too often we have heard about its gigantic dimensions. However, it is not. Predators are always inferior to the largest herbivores.… Read More »The largest dinosaur