Swimming Dinosaurs
Long neck and body with four short fins, a small head and a small tail.
Plesiosaurus
*FUN FACT: Plesiosaurus was not an actual dinosaur, but coexisted with them. They are reptiles.
NO teeth and huge wings that stretched between its body, legs, and digits.
Pteranodon
*FUN FACT: Even though they had no teeth, they were carnivores.
Large predators with big body and small arms, referred to as the king of the dinosaurs.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
*FUN FACT: It’s only weakness was the size of the arms.
How many horns did a Triceratops have?
Three
What killed the dinosaurs?
Meteor (gigantic space rock) hit the earth.
Big sail (arch) on back with a long, narrow head shaped like a crocodile.
Spinosaurus
*FUN FACT: They were longer and heavier than the TRex, making them the largest carnivorous dinosaur.
Large heads with short necks and a strange rattle at the end of its long, thin tail.
Dimorphidon
*FUN FACT: They could hang from branches and trees by their claws.
Long tail and neck with a small head. Stocky bodies with limbs producing a wider stance.
Titanosaurus
*FUN FACT: They are the largest known land aminal in all of Earth’s history.
Tyrannosaurus rex was the biggest dinosaur ever.
False.
Dinosaurs are extinct.
Yes.
Big horns on its nose and spikes on its neck.
Ceratosaurus
*FUN FACT: They were not aquatic, but could hunt fish and crocodiles.
Crest on head, small like a bird, very small legs
Germanodactylus
*FUN FACT: Because of it’s small legs, it was very bad at running.
Small dinos with large claws on their feet.
Velociraptor
*FUN FACT: The claw on their feet helped them have balance while battling with prey.
A person who studies fossils and prehistoric life such as dinosaurs is known as a what?
Paleontologist
How were dinosaurs born?
Laying eggs.
Round body with a long snout and big round flippers and long round tail
Mosasaurus
*FUN FACT: Mosasaurus were not dinosaurs, but large reptiles. They often ate plesiosaurs and other mosasaurus!
Huge wings that were mainly powered by their index fingers
Pterodactylus
*FUN FACT: They are the ancestors to the Pteranodon
Tall dinos with long necks, herbivores
Brachiosaurus
*FUN FACT: This is Ms. Tee’s favorite dino 🦕!
Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
True.
Dinosaurs that eat plants and meat
Omnivores
Plating that protects its stomach
Liaoningosaurus, a strange type of ankylosaurus
*FUN FACT: They differed from ankylosaurus because they caught fish in the water.
Huge wings, oversized head and beak, short legs
Quetzalcoatlus
*FUN FACT: The biggest flying dinosaur, it’s wingspan was 11 meters (about 12-13 yous)
Big, stocky dino’s with spikes and a crown on their head
Triceratops
*FUN FACT: They could take on T-Rexes!
Most dinosaurs became extinct during an event that occurred 500 years ago.
False, 65 million years ago
The ONLY DINOSAUR that could swim.
Spinosaurus