DaStegosaurus: The one with the............. dinner plates on it's back

Stegosaurus means 'Plated Lizard' and if you've seen the image you would know it's called that because it plaits it's hair (if it had hair). It lived 150-145 million years ago in Africa, China, Mongolia, Europe, Colorado and Wyoming. It was 30-40 feet long and weighed about 6,800 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!

This is also a truly amazing dinosaur and I hope you liked it. 

DaSpinosaurus - Killer fisherman?????

Da Spinosaurus (meaning spine lizard) is possibly the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever to roam the earth. It can grow up to a length of 59 feet long and lived in Northern Africa 97-112 million years ago.



It gets the name from the sail on it's back.

This is the first of 5 in my FAN-FAVORITE Edition and I hope you liked it. Goodbye!

DaAnkylosaurus: Terror for the T-Rex

The Ankylosaurus is the Sherman Tank of the dinosaurs! The Terror for the T-Rex! The....(Well you get the idea, now shall we move along?). In addition to being 20.5 feet in length and being 6 tonnes in weight it is armored and has a club at the end of it's tail (not a disco-club). Ankylosaurus means 'bent lizard' referring to the bent plates on it's armor.

It lived 65.5-68 million years ago in western U.S.A.

This is the first of 5 in my FAN-FAVORITE Edition and I hope you liked it. Goodbye!

DaMosasaurus: Sea Rex

This creature's name is the Mosasaurus. You might not know that Mosasaurus ISN'T A DINOSAUR!!!!! In fact it's a reptile more closely related to snakes and monitor lizards! You might be wondering why I chose something that isn't a dino but if you've read my first blog's conclusion you would know. I want to tell you a fun fact. A real Mosasaurus was around 50 feet. The Mosasaurus that the movie Jurassic World featured was about 100 feet, double a real one's size!

 

This won't be the only non-dino featured in this blog. Stay tuned for other sea creatures like this one and the kings of the skies: Pterosaurs.

I prefer a big brother to this one though! Look at the picture and you'll know why!

DaVelocirapter: Small but deadly

This dino's name was Velociraptor, meaning swift raptor. In this case raptor means a dromaedosaurid dinosaur from the late cretaceous period,which was when the Velociraptor lived (80-85 million years ago). Now don't ask me what a dromaedosaurid means! Its a Latin word, even though the Velociraptor was found in Mongolia, where they certainly did not speak Latin! (OK, in Latin, velox means swift and raptor means robber)

         
The Veloci wasn't really very big... 3 feet tall and 5-6 feet long. That's almost as if you asked your big brother to jump on all fours! The only difference would be that the Veloci wouldn't beat you for stealing his tablet (he doesn't even have a tablet). 

The Veloci had a sickle like claw on his toe which made him a formidable predator. I prefer a Veloci any day to a big brother!

DaStyracosaurus: Why is it called Staircaseosaurus?

This beauty is named Styracosaurus, and it was very beautiful! Styracosaurus means spike lizard, referring to the spiked frill which helps it look more intimidating. Its fossils were found in Canada. It lived 73-77 million years ago. It's 18 feet long. Thats probably three times the length of my dad.

Styracosaurus was a heavily built dinosaur weighing up to 3 tons (I can understand why it's called heavily built)!

This is a great example of a beautiful dinosaur. See the frill on top of it's head. 

 See you next time!

DaCarnotaurus : Why do they need to pick the most complicated names for these things?

 This beast's name is the Carnotaurus meaning 'meat eating bull lizard', derived from the Latin carno ('flesh') and taurus ('bull'). It gets that name from the two horns that adorn its head. Its fossils were found in Argentina. It lived 80 million years ago which was in the Cretaceous period (why do they need to pick the most complicated names for these things?). It was 25 feet long (I never want to meet this thing!) 

Carnotaurus was a lightly built predator weighing at least 1.35 tons (Seriously, lightly built?)

What fascinated me about dinosaurs was their sheer size and beauty. Carnotaurus was one of the best creatures that have ever walked the earth and I hope you agree with me!