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Dinosaurs living in Dinopark

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Deinonychus

Deinonychus

  • [name of meaning]Terrible Claw
  • [size]3m
  • [diet]meat
  • [when lived]Early Cretaceous Period
Agile hunter weighed 100 kg or less, and 3 meters in length. This intelligent large brain dinosaur was a quick hunter. Its weapons consisted of 3 claws on each hand and 2 robust foot claws.

Tenontosaurus

Tenontosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Sinew Lizard
  • [size]6m
  • [diet]plants
  • [when lived]Early Cretaceous Period
Tenontosaurus was a medium-sized herbivore dinosaur in the Iguanodon family and could walk on either 2 or 4 legs. Tenontosaurus was a favorite prey of Deinonychus packs because their fossils were found near each other.

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Roof Lizard
  • [size]6m
  • [diet]plants
  • [when lived]Late Jurassic Period
Stegosaurus had diamond-shaped bony plates rising alternately along the back. The end of the tail featured big, sharp spikes. Its small brain was about the size of a walnut and weighed only 70 grams. Bony plates along its back were used to regulate body temperature.

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Thick Headed Lizard
  • [size]5m
  • [diet]plants
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
Pachycephalosaurus is the group of Pachycephalosauria known as the bone-headed dinosaur. Its dome-shaped well developed skull was 20 cm thick. The back of its head and snout were covered by knobs and spikes of variable shapes and sizes.

Pteranodon

Pteranodon

  • [name of meaning]Winged and Toothless
  • [size]8m
  • [diet]fish
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
Pteranodon is the most familiar pterosaurus, the flying reptile. Pteranodon had a large crest, was lightly built for its size, (about 20kgs), and very skilled at gliding.

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Fused Lizard
  • [size]7m
  • [dietplants
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
The whole body was covered in tough armor plates and its strongest weapon was a swinging tail club made of bone which was used against attacks from Tyrannosaurus that lived in the same period.

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus

  • [name of meaning]Near Saurolophus
  • [size]9m
  • [diet]plants
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
The most noticeable feature of Parasaurolophus is the big crest on the top of its head. Inside the crest was a long, complicatedly constructed tube connecting the nose and throat, which sounded like oboe.

Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus

  • [name of meaning] Spine Lizard
  • [size]12m
  • [diet]fish
  • [when lived]Cretacerous Period
One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs along with Tyrannosaurus. It had a long crocodile-like long skull, sail-like spine on its back and gigantic claws. The structure of the spine seems to be used for temperature control, threats, and courtship.

Allosaurus

Allosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Different Lizard
  • [size]9m
  • [diet]meat
  • [when lived]Late Jurassic Period
Allosaurus is a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in late Jurassic period. It had the small horns above its eyes. The arms had three fingers and each of them had sharp claws. It had sharp teeth in its robust skull, and moved swiftly when it hunted.

Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus

  • [name of meaning]Mamench Lizard
  • [size]20m
  • [diet]plants
  • [when lived]Late Jurassic Period
The largest Sauropoda in Asia. The long neck comprised about half of the body length. It had a short skull and spoon-shape teeth. Due to the long neck structure, it was impossible for it to bend its neck upward but moved its head from side to side when eating plants.

Velociraptor

Velociraptor

  • [name of meaning]Speedy Lizard
  • [size]2m
  • [diet]meat
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
Velociraptor is a small human size carnivorous dinosaur. This very fierce hunter with quick reflexes and armed with 10 cm long claws made it very difficult for prey to escape.

Triceratops

Triceratops

  • [name of meanin]Three-horned Face
  • [size]8m
  • [dietplants
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
Triceratops is one of dinosaurs that survived until the final dinosaur period. It was a skilled opponent to a hungry Tyrannosaurus that lived in the same period as Triceratops.

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus

  • [name of meaning]Tyrant Lizard
  • [size]13m
  • [diet]meat
  • [when lived]Late Cretaceous Period
The most ferocious dinosaur ever!
Tyrannosaurus jaw is 1.2 meters long filled with more than 50 teeth the size of bananas. The king of all dinosaurs.
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