Triceratops 3 of 3
“She was my favorite when I was a kid. Now I see her, she’s the most beautiful thing I ever saw.”– Alan Grant Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur which lived at the very end of the Cretaceous period. It had a huge frilled head with horns over each eye that […]
Triceratops 2 of 3
“She was my favorite when I was a kid. Now I see her, she’s the most beautiful thing I ever saw.”– Alan Grant Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur which lived at the very end of the Cretaceous period. It had a huge frilled head with horns over each eye that […]
Triceratops 1 of 3
“She was my favorite when I was a kid. Now I see her, she’s the most beautiful thing I ever saw.”– Alan Grant Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur which lived at the very end of the Cretaceous period. It had a huge frilled head with horns over each eye that […]
Styracosaurus
“This dinosaur, the Styracosaurus, has huge horns and a large spike similar to a rhinoceros. It also has the personality to match, It’s a herbivore, and uses those horns and a beak to break into even the toughest of plants.”—Owen Grady Styracosaurus is a relative of the Triceratops. It lived about 10 million years before […]
Stygimoloch
“This is the Stygimoloch, and it is one of hard-headed dinosaur. It has an armored dome crowed by horns. Despite this, it’s social and a relatively docile animal… unless threatened. Then, steer well clear of it. This dinosaur can do a number on its enclosures, and bash its way through any number of obstacles. Take […]
Stegosaurus
“This is magnificent.”—Eddie Carr admiring the Stegosaurus. Stegosaurus is easily one of the best known dinosaurs and is recognized all over the world. It is the largest and most famous member of the stegosaur family. It roamed the open plains of the Late Jurassic Period in what is now North America. The plates along its […]
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 […]
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 […]