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WHAT ARE DINOSAURS?

 Dinosaurs were reptiles.
 A group of animals with scaly skin that lived million of
years ago.
 There were many kinds of dinosaurs.
 They all died out long long ago.
 The word dinosaur comes from the Greek language
and means ‘terrible lizard’.
 The word was coined by English paleontologist
Richard Owen in 1842 and was meant to refer to
Dinosaurs impressive size rather than their scary
appearance.
 Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 160 million years,
from the Triassic period around 230 million years ago
through the Jurassic period and until the end of the
Cretaceous period around 65 million years ago
 The time period from 250 million years ago until
around 65 million years ago is known as the Mesozoic
Era. It is often referred to as the Age of the Dinosaurs
because most dinosaurs developed and became extinct
during this time.
 It is believed that dinosaurs lived on Earth until
around 65 million years ago when a mass extinction
occurred.
 Scientists believe that the event leading to the
extinction may have been a massive asteroid impact or
huge volcanic activity. Events such as these could have
blocked out sunlight and significantly changed the
Earth’s ecology.
 The first dinosaur to be formally named was the
Megalosaurus, back in 1824.
How many types of
dinosaurs were
recorded?
 At present over 700 different species of dinosaurs have
been identified and named. However paleontologists
believe that there are many more new and different
dinosaur species still to be discovered.
FAMOUS DINOSAURS
 The Longest Dinosaur
 The longest dinosaur was Seismosaurus, which
measured over 40 metres, as long as five double-
decker buses. It was related to diplodocus, which for a
long time held the honour.
Seismosaurus
 The Heaviest Dinosaur
 The heaviest dinosaur was Brachiosaurus at 80 tonnes.
It was the equivalent to 17 African Elephants.
Brachiosaurus was 16m tall and 26m long and is the
largest dinosaur skeleton to be mounted in a museum.
Brachiosaurus
 The Smallest Dinosaur
 The smallest fully-grown fossil dinosaur is the little
bird-hipped plant-eater like lesothosaurus, which was
only the size of a chicken. Smaller fossilised examples
have been found, but these are of baby dinosaurs.
Lesothosaurus
 The Most Brainy Dinosaur
 One of the most intelligent dinosaurs was Troodon. It
was a hunting dinosaur, about 2 metres long, and had
a brain size similar to that of a mammal or bird of
today, stereoscopic vision, and grasping hands.
Troodon
 The Dumbest Dinosaur
 Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut - only 3
centimetres long and weighing 75 grams. However,
comparing brain size to body size sauropodomorphs,
like Plateosaurus, were probably one of the dumbest
dinosaurs.
Stegosaurus
 The Tallest Dinosaur
 The tallest dinosaurs were the Brachiosaurid group of
sauropods. Their front legs were longer than the rear
legs giving them a giraffe-like stance. This combined
with their extremely long necks, which were held
vertically, meant they could browse off the tallest
trees. Brachiosaurus - the most well known of the
group - was 13 metres tall. Sauroposeidon was massive
and probably grew to 18.5 metres tall making it the
tallest dinosaur.
 Sauropods were dinosaur giants.These enormus
creatures all had small heads,long necks,long
tails,barrel shaped body and four legs.
 They are also known as Gentle Giants
Sauropods
 The Fastest Running Dinosaur
 The speediest dinosaurs were the ostrich mimic
ornithomimids, such as Dromiceiomimus, which
could probably run at speeds of up to 60 kilometres
per hour.
Ornithomimids
 The Fiercest Dinosaur
 Tyrannosaurus rex looked the most ferocious of all the
dinosaurs, but in terms of overall cunning,
determination and its array of vicious weapons it was
Utahraptor that was probably the fiercest of all.
Utahraptor measured about 7 metres, and was a very
powerful, agile and intelligent predator.
Tyrannosaurus rex or T Rex
Utahraptor
What killed the dinosaurs?
 Scientists believe that the
event leading to the
extinction may have been a
massive asteroid impact or
huge volcanic activity.
Events such as these could
have blocked out sunlight
and significantly changed
the Earth’s ecology.
DID YOU KNOW?
 Rather than being carnivores (meat eaters), the largest
dinosaurs such as the Sauropods, Brachiosaurus and
Apatosaurus were actually herbivores (plant eaters).
 Dinosaurs lived only on land. Many prehistoric sea
creatures lived at the same time as dinosaurs.
However, they were not dinosaurs!
 Dinosoaurs were around for a little more than 200
million years. Human beings have been around for
about 120,000.
 To help fight meat eaters such as the Allosaurus or
Spinosaurus, many plant eaters had natural weapons
at their disposal. Examples of this include the spikes
on the tail of the Stegosaurus and the three horns
attached to the front of the Triceratops’s head shield.
Questions:

 Which 1993 movie features Dinosaurs that were

brought to life and was kept in a park?

 Answer : Jurassic Park

 What do you call a person who studies dinosaurs?

 Answer : Paleontologist
 Kronosaurus was the largest of all the sea reptiles
during the pre-historic era, was it a dinosaur?

 Answer : No, dinosaurs only lived on land.

What kind of dinosaur is in the picture?.

 Answer : Sauropod.