Herbivorous

“ Since hair isn’t preserved in fossils, we can’t rule out the possibility that Dinosaurs were rocking long hair like hippies.“– Alan Grant Mamenchisaurus was a well-known genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 145 to 155 million years ago. It was one of the largest sauropods to have ever […]

“Why was the Triceratops such a popular dinosaur? Because it was always tri-horny!“– Alan Grant Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaurs that lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 66 million years ago. They were one of the last dinosaurs to exist before the mass extinction

“The wealthiest dinosaur ever. The tooth fairy hates him.” – Mr. DNA Nigersaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle Cretaceous period, approximately 115 to 105 million years ago. Its fossils were first discovered in the Niger Republic in 1997 and were described in 1999. Nigersaurus was a small sauropod

“She was my favorite when I was a kid. Now I see her, she’s the most beautiful thing I ever saw.” – Alan Grant Regaliceratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 68 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered rather recently in the Canadian

“I am not sure what to feal. Should I be afraid of this one or I can pet it.” —Eddie Carr admiring the Gigantpisanosurus. Gigantspinosaurus is from the family of stegosaurid dinosaurs that lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 160 to 145 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in China and it

“It took 25200000 seconds or 420000 minutes or 7000 hours or 291 days of hard work for the technitian Mark Mitchelli to scrape all the unneded sediment material from the fosil of Borealopelta. Get your head aroung that next time you go the museum.”—The annoyed museum guide probably Borealopelta is from the family of nodosaurid

“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

“Imagine a tortoise without a shell, on steroids. This is the Scutosaurus.”—Maisie Lockwood Scutosaurus was a genus of armor-covered pareiasaur that lived around 252-248 million years ago in Russia, in the late Permian period. Its genus name refers to large plates of armor scattered across its body. It was a large anapsid reptile that, unlike

“Some of these animals present a real test of our abilities. Take, for instance, this latest dinosaur, the Gallimimus. It’s an opportunistic omnivore that does best in groups – that alone isn’t the problem. But the speed… Gallimimus is incredibly fast, which presents special challenges for the ranger teams tasked with monitoring them.”– Tim Murphy

“What a magnificent creature. Look at its head. It is majestic. Did you know that Tupã or Tupan is the word for God in the Tupi and Guarani languages. Quite fitting for this beast” – Dr. Ian Malcolm Tupandactylus is a member of the pterosaur group of flying reptiles that lived during the early Cretaceous