Protoceratops
“No no, it looks similar but it is not the same. Repeat after me pro-toe-ker-ah-tops.”—Annoying teacher in school Protoceratops is the first ancestor of the famous ceratopsian family to resemble the later, more famous members such as Triceratops. Roughly the size of a sheep, it was therefore much smaller than its more famous relatives but […]
Proceratosaurus 3 of 3
“You’ve successfully introduced a new dinosaur… a Proceratosaurus. This animal is instantly recognizable by the colorful crest on its snout. While smaller in stature than some other predators, it is not a dinosaur to be taken lightly, let me tell you.“ – Isaac Clement Proceratosaurus was a primitive coelurosaurian theropod that lived in England, Europe […]
Proceratosaurus 2 of 3
“You’ve successfully introduced a new dinosaur… a Proceratosaurus. This animal is instantly recognizable by the colorful crest on its snout. While smaller in stature than some other predators, it is not a dinosaur to be taken lightly, let me tell you.“ – Isaac Clement Proceratosaurus was a primitive coelurosaurian theropod that lived in England, Europe […]
Proceratosaurus
“You’ve successfully introduced a new dinosaur… a Proceratosaurus. This animal is instantly recognizable by the colorful crest on its snout. While smaller in stature than some other predators, it is not a dinosaur to be taken lightly, let me tell you.“ – Isaac Clement Proceratosaurus was a primitive coelurosaurian theropod that lived in England, Europe […]
Plesiosaurus 2 of 2
“Another creature from the ancient oceans. This time, a Plesiosaurus. It has a flat body, an elongated tail, and four powerful flippers that help it glide through the water. Like modern-day sea mammals, it has to come up for air. It basically spends its time surfing and eating – which is, heh, not a bad […]
Plesiosaurus
“Another creature from the ancient oceans. This time, a Plesiosaurus. It has a flat body, an elongated tail, and four powerful flippers that help it glide through the water. Like modern-day sea mammals, it has to come up for air. It basically spends its time surfing and eating – which is, heh, not a bad […]
Parasaurolophus
“Okay so this next dinosaur, the Parasaurolophus, has a flair for the dramatic, especially where its head is concerned. It has a distinctive cranial crest, which is used for added resonance in its vocalizations and to regulate body temperature.”– Isaac Clement Parasaurolophus is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid (sometimes referred to as the hadrosaurs or […]
Pachycephalosaurus
“A Pachy… a pachy… oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!” – Roland Tembo Pachycephalosaurus is the last, largest, and most famous member of the pachycephalosaurs, or thick-headed dinosaurs. In the 1970s, paleontologist Peter Galton proposed that male pachycephalosaurs used their dome heads as battering rams, like bighorn sheep. The idea […]
Nasutoceratops
“That’s a herbivore. Nasutoceratops.”– Kadasha talking about the Nasutoceratops to her family. Nasutoceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur found in Utah, USA during the Late Cretaceous period around 77-75 million years ago. It had a short yet thick snout and large horns above its eyes that extended almost to the end of […]
Mussaurus
“It is small as a mouse!”—DR. Kajal Dua Mussaurus was a dinosaur lived in the Triassic Period, making it one of the earliest dinosaurs, and is believed to belong to the family of dinosaurs from which the huge sauropods eventually evolved. Mussaurus was unlike its huge descendants, however, as it was a small, fast plant-eater. […]