When the world was ruled by the exotic creatures 252–66 million years ago
Sauropods
Large herbivores, walked on four legs and had long necks, small heads and long tails.
Lizard hipped dinosaur
ARGENTINOSAURUS is generally the largest known sauropod based on current fossil evidence.
- Brachiosaurus [Arm lizzard]
- Titanosaurus [Titanic lizard]
- Cetiosaurus [Whale lizard]
T rex
It was the final, towering monarch of the Cretaceous, an apex predator so powerful and iconic that it has come to represent dinosaurs themselves in the human imagination.
Archaeopteryx
A fossil called Archaeopteryx, with feathers, hollow bones, clawed wings, fifty tiny teeth, and a long bony tail, is the earliest known dinosaur that also qualifies as a bird.
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus was a large meat-eating dinosaur from Africa and lived a semi aquatic lifestyle.
Cool stuff about stegosaurus
- Many plant-eating dinosaurs swallowed large rocks, called gastroliths, to help them grind up tough plant matter in their stomachs
- Stegosaurus was a massive, plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period identifiable by its 17 back plates and four-spike tail.
- While it had a large nervous system cluster near its hips to control its tail, it did not have a second brain.
Birds are dinosaurs
Rex bone shows that birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs.
