Spinosaurus

SPINE-o-SAWR-us

Meaning: Spiny lizard

Food: Meat (Carnivore)
Length: 40-50 feet
Weight: 4 tons or more
Period: Cretaceous period,
Location: Egypt, Morocco, Africa

Ankylosaurus
Ang-KIE-lo-SAWR-us

Meaning: Fused lizard

Food: Plants (Herbivore)
Length: 25-35 feet
Weight: 3-4 tons
Period: Cretaceous period,
Location: Western USA (Montana)
and Canada (Alberta), North
America.
 Stegosaurus
STEG-o-SAWR-us

Meaning: Roof lizard or Plated lizard

Food: Plants (Herbivore)
Length: 26-30 feet
Weight: 6,800 pounds
Period: Jurassic period,
Location: Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming, USA, North America.

Pteranodon
ter-AN-o-DON

Meaning: Winged and toothless

Food: Meat (Carnivore). Ate
mostly fish
Wingspan: 25-33 feet
Weight: 55 pounds
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: Kansas, USA, North
America and in England, Europe.
 Velociraptor
vuh-LOSS-ih-RAP-tor

Meaning: Speedy thief

Food: Meat (Carnivore).
Length: 5 to 6 feet
Weight: 15 to 33 pounds
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: Mongolia, Russia, and
China, Asia.

Triceratops
try-SER-a-tops

Meaning: Three horned face

Food: Plants (Herbivore).
Length: 30 feet
Weight: 6-12 tons
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: Western Canada and the
western United States, North
America.
 Corythosaurus
ko-RITH-o-SAWR-us

Meaning: Helmet lizard

Food: Plants (Herbivore).
Length: 30-33 feet
Weight: About 5 tons
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: North America, including
Montana, USA, and Alberta, Canada.

Iguanodon
ig-WAHN-oh-don

Meaning: Iguana tooth

Food: Plants (Herbivore)
Length: 20-33 feet
Weight: About 4-5 tons
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: Europe (in England,
Belgium, and Germany),
Northern Africa, and the USA, North
America.
 Diplodocus
di-PLOD-o-kus

Meaning: Double-beamed
Food: Plants (Herbivore)
Length: 90 feet
Weight: About 10-20 tons
Period: Jurassic period
Location: Rocky Mountains of the
western USA (in Colorado, Montana,
Utah, and Wyoming), North
America.

Dimetrodon (not a dino)

di-MET-ro-DON
Meaning: Two measures tooth
Food: Meat (Carnivore)
Length: 11.5 feet
Weight: 550 pounds
Period: Permian period (long
before Dinosaurs appeared)
Location: Texas and Oklahoma in
the USA, North America. Trackways
(fossilized footprints) of Dimetrodon
have been found in Nova Scotia,
Canada.
 Apatosaurus
a-PAT-o-SAWR-us
Meaning: Deceptive lizard
Food: Plants (Herbivore).
Apatosaurus swallowed stones to
help grind up its tough plant food. It
did not chew its food.
Length: 70-90 feet
Weight: 33-38 tons
Period: Jurassic period
Location: Colorado, Oklahoma,
Utah, and Wyoming, in the
USA, North America.

Tyrannosaurus
tie-RAN-o-SAWR-us rex
Meaning: Tyrant lizard king
Food: Meat (Carnivore)
Length: 40 feet
Weight: 5 to 7 tons
Period: Cretaceous period
Location: In the USA (in Montana,
Texas, Utah, and Wyoming), Canada
(Alberta and Saskatchewan), North
America and east Asia (Mongolia).
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In what PERIOD did it live?

How big was this dinosaur?

(length)

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What did it eat?

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Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore

How did it travel around? (on)

2 legs 4 legs 2 or 4 legs

swim fly
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