Dino Names
This 'tyrant lizard king' was one of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth.
What is Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Some sauropods ate nearly 1,000 pounds of plants per this unit of time.
What is a day?
Ankylosaurs were covered in bony plates and had armor called this.
What are osteoderms?
The Cretaceous Period ended about 66 million years ago with a mass this.
What is extinction?
The study of ancient life, including dinosaurs, is called this.
What is paleontology?
This sail-backed dinosaur from North Africa may have been semi-aquatic.
What is Spinosaurus?
Baryonyx had crocodile-like jaws specialized for catching this.
What are fish?
The frill on Triceratops may have helped protect this body part.
What is its neck?
During the Jurassic Period, the warm, wet climate supported lots of these.
What are forests?
Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter who lived in this European country.
What is England?
This small, smart dinosaur's name means 'terrible claw.'
What is Deinonychus?
Triceratops' beak was perfect for snipping tough plants called ferns and these.
What are cycads?
Sauropod bones contained air pockets, which made them surprisingly this for their size.
What is lightweight?
Fossils on multiple continents suggest dinosaurs crossed land bridges before the continents did this.
What is separated?
You can find dinosaur fossils right here in Colorado, especially at this national monument.
What is Dinosaur National Monument?
This enormous titanosaur from Argentina may be the largest land animal ever.
What is Argentinosaurus?
Scientists study coprolites (fossilized droppings) to learn about dinosaur this.
What is diet?
Dilophosaurus had two crests on its head — its name means 'two-crested lizard.'
What is Dilophosaurus?
The Morrison Formation in the western U.S. is famous for Jurassic fossils of these huge dinosaurs.
What are sauropods?
CT scans of dinosaur skulls help scientists learn about the size of their this.
What are brains?
This debate-sparking fossil may be a juvenile T. Rex rather than its own species.
What is Nanotyrannus?
Some theropods may have been scavengers, eating animals that were already this.
What is dead?
Some predatory dinosaurs had forward-facing eyes for depth perception, useful for this.
What is hunting?
Hadrosaur fossils found near the Arctic show some dinosaurs could survive in this type of climate.
What is cold?
Amber, or fossilized tree sap, has preserved insects and even dinosaur this.
What are feathers?