Dinosaurs - Pictures and Facts

Quick Tarbosaurus Facts:
- Weighed as much as an African Elephant
- Was as long as a train car
- Its name meant “terrifying or alarming dinosaur”
- Tarbosaurus had smaller arms than T- Rex
- Had more than 60 knife shaped teeth
- Tarbosaurus may have hunted …

Quick Suchomimus Facts.
- Its name means “crocodile mimic”
- Its snout was 4 feet long
- Suchomimus is related to Spinosaurus
- Was probably slow moving like a crocodile
- Lived in parts of Africa

Quick Microraptor Facts:
- Over 300 Microraptor fossils have been found
- It wasn't the only 4 wing raptor
- It lived in what is now China
- Microraptors aren't birds but therapods.
- Name means small thief or tiny plunderer

Quick Acrocanthosaurus Facts:
- It lived 45 million years before T Rex
- Weighed more than an African Elephant
- Over 4 car links in length
- Acrocanthosaurus has incredible smell
- Lived in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina

Quick Megalosaurus Facts:
- First discovered in 17th century
- Over 3 car links long
- Weighed as much as a Black Rhinoceros
- Could run over 30 miles per hour
- One of the smartest dinosaurs

Quick Oviraptor Facts:
- Oviraptor means “egg thief”
- Could run as fast as an ostrich
- Lived in parts of Mongolia
- Nested its own eggs
- Could have 20 eggs at a time

Quick Gallimimus Facts:
- Its name means “Chicken Mimic”
- Could run as fast as a cheetah
- Resembled a large chicken or ostrich
- Gallimimus weighed as much as a black bear
- This dinosaur may have ran in packs

Quick Albertosaurus Facts:
- Albertosaurus weighed as much as a hippopotamus
- It was 3 car links long
- May have hunted in packs
- Could run as fast as a grizzly bear
- Name means “Lizard of Alberta”

Quick Ceratosaurus Facts:
- Ceratosaurus means Horned Lizard
- This dinosaur was about 3 car links long
- It weighed as much as a brown bear
- It may have hunted in packs
- This dinosaur had 4 fingers

Quick Troodon Facts:
- Troodon means “wounding tooth”
- They likely laid up to 2 dozen eggs at a time
- They had binocular vision
- Troodon was probably an omnivore
- They were likely warm bloodied animals