Dinosaur Species
This species of dinosaur had feathers similar to a bird.
What is Archaeopteryx?
This period had a mass extinction event.
What is both?
Fossils of ____ or _____ can tell us about what a dinosaur ate and how they ate it.
What are teeth or jaws?
This species of dinosaur had jaws that were so deadly that they did not need strong hands to grip their prey.
What is Tyrannosaurus Rex?
This period came first and Pangea was all one big continent.
These are uses to catch and kill, dig for nests, grip the ground for running.
What are claws?
This species of dinosaur had a tail with spikes in order to help defend itself.
What is Stegosaurus?
This period had Pangea split into two parts resulting in more landmass near water.
Living in _____ provided safety in numbers for herbivores.
What is herds or packs or groups?
This species of dinosaur’s name means “egg thief”.
What is Oviraptor?
This period had the beginnings of dinosaurs- marine reptiles, pterosaurs, flying reptiles.
These could have spikes and were used to strike other dinosaurs or knock them off their feet. They were also used for balance or had fancy feathers for attracting a mate.
What is a tail?
This species was an ornithopod and was among one of the first fossils ever found.
What is an Iguanadon?
This period is filled with all kinds of animal life: insects and other arthropods, marine reptiles, pterosaurs, marine invertebrates, small mammals, and dinosaurs. But dinosaurs took center stage!
What is Jurassic?
Sometimes the best offense is a good defense. These things could help defend a dinosaur simply by being part of the way the dinosaur looked.
What is armored body plates, horns on their heads, or sharp bristles on their backs?