Dinosaurs - Pictures and Facts

Quick Therizinosaurus Facts:
- Therizinosaurus means “scythe lizard”
- Was about 3 car links long
- Weighed as much as 3 brown bears
- Could run as fast as an elephant
- Its claws were as long as short swords

Quick Pachycephalosaurus Facts:
- Pachycephalosaurus skull is 30 times thicker than a human's skull
- It weighed as much as a brown bear
- It was as long as a box truck
- Is believed to have evolved from Hypsilophodon
- It walked on 2 legs

Quick Baryonyx Facts:
- Hunted fish like bears do
- Baryonyx weighed as much as a rhino
- Its name mean “heavy claw”
-1st fish eating dinosaur ever discovered
- May have also eaten other dinosaurs

Quick Compsognathus Facts:
- Compsognathus was about the size of a chicken
- It weighed as much as a squirrel
- It could run as fast as an ostrich
- Ate mostly lizards and insects
- May have had feathers

Quick Dreadnoughtus Facts:
- Dreadnoughtus weighed more than a 747 airplane
- It also weighed more than 7 African Elephants
- It was almost 9 car links long
- Dreadnoughtus means “fear nothing”
- It was named after a battleship

Quick Utahraptor Facts:
- Weighed as much as a polar bear
- Was ten times larger than Velociraptor
- Utahraptor was almost 3 car links long
- Could jump 15 feet high
- Could run at speeds of over 20 MPH

Quick Iguanadon Facts
- It weighed as much as a van
- It was an herbivore
- It could run as fast as a black mamba slithers
- Its fossils have been found in Europe and the U.S
- It was almost 5 car links long

Quick Carcharodontosaurus Facts:
- Could swallow a human in one bite
- Could run about 25 MPH
- As long as four car links
- Weighed as much as 2 Asian Elephants
- Teeth as long as a butcher knife

Quick Parasaurolophus Facts:
- They weighed as much as a full-size van
- They were 4 car lengths long
- Parasaurolophus was an herbivore
- It's crest is built like a Crumhorn
- It's max speed was 25 MPH

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