Dinosaurs Facts

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for hundreds of millions of years. Check out our kid-friendly dinosaur facts!

• Dinosaurs roamed the Earth between 230 million and 65 million years ago.

• Dinosaurs could live to be more than a hundred years old.

• Some dinosaurs had tails up to 45 feet long.
  

  Along with Stegosaurus and Iguanodon, Tyrannosaurus rex was one of three dinosaurs that inspired the appearance of Godzilla.

• Micropachycephalosaurus, a small herbivore from China, is the dinosaur with the longest name.

• The biggest known dinosaur is Argentinosaurus, which was 98 feet long and about 70 feet tall.

• One of the most intelligent dinosaurs was Troodon.

• The biggest flying reptile was the Quetzalcoatlus.

• Scientists think that the velociraptor was covered in feathers.

• The velociraptor is the mascot for the NBA team the Toronto Raptors.

• Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut – only 3 centimetres long and weighing 75 grams.

• Some triceratops may have had as many as 800 teeth!

• Dinosaur skulls had large holes or “windows” that made their skulls lighter.

• The biggest carnivores were Theropods from the Cretaceous period. An example is Tyrannosaurus Rex.

• Including the root, a T. rex’s tooth can be nearly 10 inches long, or the length of an iPad.

• Tyrannosaurus rex had huge back legs, but its tiny front legs were not much longer than human arms.

• All dinosaurs laid eggs. About 40 kinds of dinosaur eggs have been discovered.

• Dinosaurs often swallowed large rocks. These rocks stayed in the stomach and helped them grind up food.

• The Megalodon was the biggest prehistoric fish. It looked like a shark, though it was three times bigger.

• The first dinosaur ever named was the Megalosaurus, named in 1824 by Reverend William Buckland.

• Stegosaurus is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs and can be found in movies and cartoons from Jurassic Park to Bob the Builder.

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