Tuesday 13 April 2021

 The Different Dinos

This blog post is all about the biggest dinosaurs, to the smallest. The largest were as big buildings and the smallest were the size of pigeon. 


Brachiosaurus - a sauropod from the late Jurassic



Argentinosaurus - lived in the late Cretaceous period, and weighed 100 tonnes



Titanosaurus - discovered in India



Mamenchisaurus - had an incredibly long neck



Amargasaurus - from the Cretaceous period.


Nigersaurus - named after the country Niger, in Africa, where it was found



Meat eaters!

Ceolophysis - a small carnivore from the late Triassic and early Jurassic





Ceratosaurus - the name meant horned lizard



Spinosaurus



Allosaurus - a late Jurassic dinosaur whose name meant different dinosaur



Dilong - whose name means Emperor dragon, and is an early Tyrannosaur



Tyrannosaurus Rex



Ornithomimus - a two legged dino, covered in feathers!





Gigantoraptor - which means giant seizer



Anzu - late Cretaceous predator



Heyuanoa - discovered in Heyuan in China



Troodon - a very clever dinosaur 



Bambiraptor - a late Cretaceous raptor.



Deinoychus - it's name means terrible claw



Dakotaraptor 



Sinornithosaurus - Early Cretaceous feathered dinosaur from China, who was venomous



Mei long - its name means sleeping dragon 



Sinosauropteryx - a feathered non-bird dinosaur



Ornithopoda - the bird hipped dinosaurs

Tenontosaurus - a close relative of Iguanadon, it was frequently with Deinonychus bones suggesting it was preyed on by the meat eater



Hypsilophodon



Parasaurolophus - one of the duck billed dinosaurs



Tsintaosaurus - know as the Unicorn dinosaur



Lambeosaurus 




Edmontosaurus - Late Cretaceous, from Canada



Saurolophus - 



Corythosaurus 



Maiasaura - 



Thyrephora - shield bearers

Kentosaurus 

Huayangosaurus

Stegosaurus 

Scutellosaurus

Euoplocephalus

Ankylosaurus

Sauropelta 

Marginocephalia - the group's name means Ridged heads

Stegoceras 

Dracorex - named after the Harry Potter books!

Stygimoloch 

Pachycephalosaurus - its skull was 23cm thick!

Psittacosaurus - its name means parrot lizard

Styracosaurus - its horns were just decorations

Pentaceratops - five horned face

Triceratops - a three horned plant eater.

Protoceratops - Late Cretaceous relative of Triceratops

Diabloceratops - 








Sunday 11 April 2021

 Deadly Dinos

Argentinosaurus - Deadly rating 19 out of 99



Diplodocus - Deadly rating 39 out of 99


Carcharodontosaurus - Deadly rating 48 out of 99


Supersaurus - Deadly rating 16 out of 99


Nodosaurus - Deadly rating 51 out of 99


Triceratops - Deadly rating 50 out of 99



Iguanodon - Deadly rating 35 out of 99




Stegosaurus - Deadly rating 39 out of 99


Ankylosaurus - Deadly rating 85 out of 99


Tyrannosaurus Rex - Deadly rating 95 out of 99


Velociraptor - Deadly rating 58 out of 99



Megalosaurus - Deadly rating 71 out of 99



Allosaurus - Deadly rating 69 out of 99


Spinosaurus- Deadly rating 97 out of 99



Gigantoraptor - Deadly rating 44 out of 99



Epidextipteryx - Deadly rating 1 out of 99



Magyarosaurus - Deadly rating 4 out of 99



Therizinosaurus - Deadly rating 61 out of 99


Pachycephalosaurus - Deadly rating 57 out of 99



Microraptor - Deadly rating 11 out of 99


Sinornithosaurus - Deadly rating 30 out of 99


Tropeognathus - Deadly rating 52 out of 99


Hatzegopteryx - Deadly rating 65 out of 99


Sarchosuchus - Deadly rating 71 out of 99


Icthyosaurus - Deadly rating 9 out of 99


Liopleurodon - Deadly rating 47 out of 99


Elasmosaurus - Deadly rating 46 out of 99


Predator X - Deadly rating 60 out of 99



Troodon - Deadly rating 42 out of 99



Titanosaur - Deadly rating 62 out of 99


Daspletosaurus - Deadly rating 76 out of 99


Majungasaurus - Deadly rating 91 out of 99


Gigantosaurus - Deadly rating 99 out of 99


Dimetrodon - Deadly rating 78 out of 99