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Dinosaurus

Dinosaurus

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Group Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Sauropsida Superorder Dinosauria Order Saurischia Suborder Theropoda Family Tyrannosauridae Useful Statistics Name Tyrannosaurus Rex Pronounced Tie-Ran-O-Saw-Russ-Rex Diet Carnivore Size L 40 ft x H 20 ft Weight 5 – 8 Tonnes Period Cretaceous… Read More »Tyrannosaurus Rex

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus

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Group Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Sauropsida Superorder Dinosauria Order Ornithischia Suborder Thyreophora Family Stegosauridae Useful Statistics Name Stegosaurus Pronounced Steg-O-Saw-Rus Diet Herbivore Size L 30 ft x H 14 ft Weight 2.8 – 3.2 Tonnes Period Jurassic Sub… Read More »Stegosaurus

Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus

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Prosauropods and the origin of plateosaurus The plateosaurus was one among the first set of dinosaurs who were named formally though it must be mentioned here that at that point not much research had been carried out to judge its… Read More »Plateosaurus

Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus

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Origin of the giganotosaurus The term ‘dinosauria’ was coined in the 1840s by Richard Owen and it referred to fearsome and formidable reptiles or lizards. The dinosaurs are believed to be the one of the earliest of the vertebrates to… Read More »Giganotosaurus

Eoraptor

Eoraptor

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Origin of the eoraptors The first of the dinosaurs are believed to have walked on the surface of the earth about 230 million years ago and this period is referred to as the Triassic era. During this Triassic period, the… Read More »Eoraptor

Ceolophysis

Ceolophysis

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Origin of coelophysis It was in 1842 that the English researcher Richard Owen first used the term dinosaurus from which it is possible to trace the origin of the term dinosaur which is used in vogue. It is interesting to… Read More »Ceolophysis